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Plus this month's book group explores ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'' - Maya Angelou's extraordinary autobiography charting her life in the American South during the 1930s.
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Witness History | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's iconic first memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was published in 1969. Witness talks about the book to Maya Angelou's friend and biographer, Marcia Gillespie.
The History Hour | Abolishing the army
Plus, Maya Angelou's ground-breaking memoir, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.