Research the life of maya angelou and find out How she can relate to a cage bird"I know why the caged bird sings"
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“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is an autobiography about the racial and gender discrimination which a southern black girl has to go through. Other issues related to parent children relationship, child abuse and search for one's own identity is touched upon in the book. The poem “Caged Bird” has been written by N Maya Angelou in which she speaks about the oppression which Black women had to face. It symbolizes the theme of the poem about the African American people who were oppressed by the Whites in their own land. The cage represents the land which belongs to the native Americans but because of the Whites’ dominance over it, the natives had lost control over it. Though in captivity, the caged bird sings the songs of freedom hoping that some of the other day it will also fly freely in the air.
In “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” Henry Reed inspires the audience at the graduation ceremony to sing the “Negro National Anthem.” At the end of the ceremony, the “Negro National Anthem” was sung by the people. The anthem was banned from been sung at any public places. People joined the anthem and sang it which made Maya feel proud to be black for the first time.