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Maya Angelou’s estate joins Utah lawsuit over the state’s school book bans

The renowned author’s estate signed on alongside Kurt Vonnegut’s estate and three other authors.

(Gerald Herbert | Associated Press file photo) A family group that represents poet and author Maya Angelou has signed on to a lawsuit filed against the Utah State Board of Education and three local school districts, seeking to overturn the state's sensitive materials law that allows certain books to be removed from school shelves. Angelou, shown here in 2008, died in 2014.