Maya Angelou’s debut novel has historically sparked a myriad of moms and dads to crusade against its placement in school curriculum. In Bremerton, Washington, a school board attributed the banning of Caged Bird to their need to adhere to a higher morality than the book displayed (Sova 212). The argument of those who banned the book in Bremerton epitomizes the flawed mentality many had against Caged Bird boasted. Challengers feared that putting the novel in the schoolroom would ultimately lower the school’s scruples. Angelou’s book has been unsuccessfully challenged a number of times, including in schools in Volusia County, Florida, Des Moines, Iowa, and Hendersonville, Tennessee (Baldassarro). These schools’ decisions not to ban the novel
