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In 1983, the Alabama State Textbook Committee claimed the book promoted "bitterness and hatred" toward white people or offered an "anti-white" perspective on American history. The controversy surrounding challenges to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in the early 1980s helped catalyse the creation of the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week.
In 1983, the Alabama State Textbook Committee claimed the book promoted "bitterness and hatred" toward white people or offered an "anti-white" perspective on American history. The controversy surrounding challenges to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in the early 1980s helped catalyse the creation of the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week.