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256:. The lists are distributed to parents who then audit local schools and libraries to see if they have any copies of the listed titles. No Left Turn in Education, for example, maintains lists of books in categories "critical race theory", "anti-police", and "comprehensive sexuality education", which they say "are used to spread radical and racist ideologies to students". The strategy of distributing lists has meant that many challenges come from people who have not actually read the books they argue to ban.
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declared that he would not release the funds until all of those books were removed, citing his personal religious beliefs. Jackson stated, "I explained that we are a public library and we serve the entire community. I told him our collection reflects the diversity of our community. He told me that the library can serve whoever we wanted, but that he only serves the great Lord above." McGhee has maintained that his opposition to the LGBTQ+ books stems from complaints from community members.
730:, some parents objected to material that would "make white children feel guilty about their race or 'indoctrinate' students". Students protested, wearing black t-shirts, advocating on social media, and picketing daily before school started. Officials argued that the books were "frozen" rather than "banned" until they could be evaluated, although the books remained off of the shelves for nearly a year. A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Education Association told the
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the level of a teacher, class, school, or district. The spate of challenges and bans in 2021–22 differ from the norm in number as well as the tactics and politics involved. Conservative organizations, activists, and politicians have driven many of the challenges, and they have operated through higher-level political processes than usual, proposing legislation and petitioning lawmakers rather than just teachers or local school boards.
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removals. This is the highest number of removals and challenges of books that the ALA has recorded in a single year since the organization began tracking book censorship more than 20 years ago. In the first eight months of 2022, the ALA received 681 reports of book challenges targeting 1,651 unique books. Most of the books have to do with race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender.
549:. The popularizing effects of banning any book, and the increased ease of access in the age of the Internet, mean the consequences of a ban are less significant than they were when books were harder to access, making it more of a ceremonial act. Some critics have argued this also makes some of the actions more about punishing educators and librarians or creating a
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Chairman Tucker McClendon introduced the idea and it was agreed to be led by District 1 representative Rhonda Thurman. Thurman explained that her reasoning behind chairing the committee is because, "I’m just wanting to inform the public about what their tax
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The library began a fundraiser due to the funding being withheld, and raised $ 77,000 in an eight-day period. The board of aldermen met as a result of the funding being withheld; more than twenty members of the public spoke, and the meeting lasted for two hours. One member of the public described the
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commented, "I never thought I’d be a president who is fighting against elected officials trying to ban and banning books. Empty shelves don’t help kids learn very much. And I’ve never met a parent who wants a politician dictating what their kid can learn, and what they can think, or who they can be."
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Proponents of removing books mention how certain kinds of lessons dealing with racism and history can make students uncomfortable and make white students feel guilty. In some other cases, the books have been by or about people of color or the LGBTQ community, but the reasons cited for removal have to
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documented 1,269 demands of book censorship in 2022. It was the highest the organization had ever recorded since it began collecting censorship data more than 20 years prior. 2023 was even higher, with 4,240 different book titles challenged nationwide, as part of 1,247 reported requests filed against
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law", after an academic field which became a common objection for conservatives, it restricts the manner and extent to which students may learn about or discuss race, racism, sex, or sexism, or the role of those concepts in
American culture and history. The law, and confusion over how to enforce it,
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denied $ 110,000 in funding to the
Madison County Public Library System that had already been approved by the city's board of aldermen. His justification for doing so was the library's possession of books on LGBTQ+ topics. According to Tonja Jackson, the executive director of the library, the mayor
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Among other provisions, the law bans classroom discussion or instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation from kindergarten to third grade. From fourth to twelfth grade, the law restricts such discussion to what the state deems to be either "age appropriate or developmentally appropriate".
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containing 850 books having to do with race, sexuality, and history which might "make students feel discomfort". Most of the books' authors are women, people of color, or LGBTQ. Krause wanted to know which school districts had the books and how much was spent on them. The list included a wide range
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that "if you look at this material, it's offensive what they banned. They have banned materials from Black voices, and they've had almost a year now and they haven't proposed anything else". The school board met again to discuss the ban in
September 2021, and decided to reaffirm it. Amid criticism,
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who studies book censorship, there is a "cycle of anxiety in which book challengers are driven by concerns and fears about a changing world. And so whatever the issue of the day is, then that usually drives and pushes people to try to remove books". Before the focus on critical race theory in 2020,
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found that 1,586 book bans targeting 1,145 unique books had occurred in the past nine months. Also in April, the ALA published its annual report on book censorship, finding that there were 729 attempts to remove school, university and library materials in 2021, resulting in 1,597 book challenges or
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Parents, teachers, students, and other stakeholders commonly express concerns over the works students read in schools. Typically, the process of challenging a book's inclusion in curricula or in libraries involves the parties reading the book, debating its appropriateness, and making a decision at
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from its schools' curriculum, expressing concern over its use in 8th grade
English Language Arts classes. The decision overruled a state curriculum review that had approved the book. The board cited "tough language" and "unnecessary" profanity (eight words, including "damn"), a small drawing of a
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advocacy organizations working to nationalize the efforts focused on certain subjects. They have also been more likely to involve legal and legislative measures rather than just conversations in local communities. Journalists, academics, librarians, and others commonly link the coordinated, often
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The Act specifically requires that a new library card system be created that require parents or guardians to select whether minors are allowed to check out materials deemed sexually explicit by the library board of control. Act 436 defines sexually explicit material as "textual, visual, or audio
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in June 2023 and went into effect August 1, 2023. The law requires all public libraries in the state of
Louisiana to "adopt a policy to limit the access of minors to sexual explicit material." Libraries throughout the state were given a deadline of June 1, 2024 to implement new policies, with
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created a book-review committee with the intent to draft a policy regarding book selections in public school libraries and complaints of books already on shelves. This committee contained two representatives from each of the nine current
Hamilton County school districts in which each member was
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NBC News reported that while these groups operate differently, "they share strategies of disruption, publicity and mobilization. The groups swarm school board meetings, inundate districts with time-consuming public records requests and file lawsuits and federal complaints alleging discrimination
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noted that the ALA's list of challenged and banned books "suggests book banners lean right—with an increasing emphasis on books with queer themes or characters, for example—though book challenges come from across the spectrum of political opinion and aesthetic preference.", but added that "It's
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Intellectual Freedom recently released preliminary data stating, "between January 1 and August 31, 2023, OIF reported 695 attempts to censor library materials and services and documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles - a 20% increase from the same reporting
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enacted the nation's first state law to restrict the ability of local libraries to enact book bans. The law withholds state funding from any library that bans books for "partisan or doctrinal" reasons. It makes mandatory the
Library Bill of Rights published by the American Library Association.
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American Library Association released a statement signed by its executive board and Boards of Directors of its eight divisions in response to "a dramatic uptick in book challenges and outright removal of books from libraries". Their message condemned "a few organizations have advanced the
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is about a black girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite, predominantly white private school and becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer kill her childhood friend. It has been among the most challenged books primarily because it contains
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said the events were "damaging to all stakeholders", including teachers who must comply, learners who do not read stories that reflect the world around them, and students from the marginalized groups depicted in the stories, who learn "that their own stories and their own lives aren't fit for
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highlighted the issue of taking one page or one quote from a book without context and making a decision about the value of a book based on an initial reaction to that quote. Burns-Simpson also noted that banning the book does not just take away the words in the book, but the possibility for
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advocates, academics, journalists, and other critics have characterized the campaigns as part of a larger effort to use politics and legislation at the local and state level to impose on education an ideologically skewed version of the United States, its history, and its culture.
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The involvement of national advocacy groups also sets the 2021–22 trend apart from book challenges of the past. Organizations like No Left Turn in Education and Parents Defending Education operate nationally, with connections to wealthy conservative donors and organizations, but
225:(ALA) received 330 reports of book challenges, a rate which it called "unprecedented", but also an undercount because the ALA estimates 82–97% of challenges are not reported. Only 1% of the challenges were initiated by students, and most were by parents or library patrons.
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Policies 4.402 and 4.403 are currently being revised and updated by school board attorney Scott Bennett. Once finalized, the policies will then be submitted and must go through debate amongst the school board and two separate votes for the policy to be enacted.
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against white students." One parent in Rhode Island submitted more than 200 records requests which took 300 staff hours to respond to. In some places, they teamed up with other activists fighting against public health restrictions in schools during the
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With this topic being debated in Hamilton County since 2021, many community members representing both sides of this debate have spoken out about the proposed policy changes. Many organizations, like the Tennessee Association of School Librarians,
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17, 2022 meeting. The policy requires reported books to be evaluated on a balancing test of its offensiveness to its literary value. Those books whose offensive material outweighs its literary value will be removed from school library shelves.
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said that the main goal of censorship throughout history has not been "to silence or destroy books or works that already exist to frighten people and discourage them from reading, buying and creating similar works in the future".
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in schools in the early 20th century which, according to Laats, involved similar strategies of mobilizing parents to take over school boards and widescale legislative proposals claiming to defend children's morality.
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Richardson commented that, although the book had been the target of restrictions since being released in 2005, it had never been permanently restricted in a public school library until December 2022, in Lake County.
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was among the most challenged, said the bans are a "ridiculous publicity stunt" which would not actually stop kids from reading the books because "there's nothing more attractive to a kid than a forbidden book".
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In late 2022 and early 2023, efforts escalated into proposals by public officials in several states to close libraries or defund library systems that were seen as facilitating the availability of objected books.
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to address the rise in book bans. The coordinator will train and advise school districts on how book restrictions may violate federal civil rights laws by creating hostile environments for students.
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reported in January 2022 that "parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades". In April 2022, nonprofit organization
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as one of the common reasons for challenges, but that "this discomfort is likely imposed by adults onto young learners" who are otherwise more accepting and more likely to think outside traditional
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dollars are paying for, what's in the libraries, the process". In a personal opinion piece, Thurman cited four books she viewed to be unfit for school libraries:
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that in her time working with reports of book challenges, she had "never seen such a widespread effort to remove books on racial and gender diversity".
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it reconvened shortly thereafter and reversed its decision, saying it never intended to ban the material, but rather wanted time to review it.
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than limiting what students have access to. For example, proposed legislation in Iowa would allow for criminal prosecution of librarians.
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period in 2022." Many of the book titles targeted were BIPOC and LGBT groups. The book bans are largely the result of laws passed in
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analysis, Valerie Strauss contextualized the bans in the history of book censorship in the United States, dating back to charges of
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debatable whether the list's bias is an artifact of the collectors' concerns or simply a reflection of an underlying reality."
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lessons for which parents can opt-out and other explicit state requirements. In May 2023, Florida passed HB
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advocating for teaching students an idealized version of the history of the United States which omits or
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4616:"Case No. 4:23-cv-00474 - ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION"
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publicized his investigation into pornography and obscenity accessible to kids in school libraries.
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failure to do so resulting in the state withholding payments for library maintenance and upkeep.
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in October 2021 and canceled an event with the author. The graphic novel, which won the 2020
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496) was introduced and passed by the Iowa Legislature in early 2023. Variously known as a
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2867:"Florida book ban surge got you down? Here's how a free app has you covered close to home"
2254:"US conservative parents push for book bans – and unintentionally make reading cool again"
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school curriculum by the school board as a "ban", while not using the same label for when
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restricted access to 40 books, most dealing with LGBTQ themes. Books restricted included
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signed the law on June 12, 2023, and it took effect at the start of the following year.
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and other unarmed Black Americans by law enforcement led to widespread protests against
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or challenged in parts of the United States. Most of the targeted books have to do with
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professor Maurice T. Cunningham, the parents' rights groups are "highly networked into
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invited to share their thoughts and views on the policy and how it should be changed.
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proposition that the voices of the marginalized have no place on library shelves
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2006:"What's behind the right-wing book-ban frenzy? Big money, and a long-term plan"
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Office of Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association (March 20, 2023).
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4114:"Gay penguin book authors sue over Florida school ban under Don't Say Gay law"
3860:"Here's what Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill would do, and what it wouldn't do"
1503:"Division over Critical Race Theory's Meaning Has Spurred A Rise in Book Bans"
1255:, four bestselling authors and educators filed a separate lawsuit that month.
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4060:""Don't Say Gay": Florida schools purge library books with LGBTQ characters"
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Mazzei, Patricia; Harris, Elizabeth A.; Alter, Alexandra (April 22, 2023).
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4142:"Can a Florida school district ban a children's book about gay penguins?"
3186:"Texas ISD preemptively pulls 400 books 'out of an abundance of caution'"
2613:"GOP Legislators Target Librarians for Prosecution, Fines Under new Bill"
2585:"'First of its kind' Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books"
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In August 2020, a diversity committee in the school district for central
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4271:"Hamilton County school board accepts report from book review committee"
3319:"Authors react to Texas' investigation of their books in public schools"
3142:"In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read"
1696:"More books are banned than ever before, as Congress takes on the issue"
1164:
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disturbing is what should make any book about the Holocaust disturbing.
4307:"Hamilton County Schools Book Review Committee Debates Group's Purpose"
2409:"New Report Finds That Book Bans Have Reached Their Highest Levels Yet"
2149:"The fight to whitewash US history: 'A drop of poison is all you need'"
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parents to ban books for containing racist language, racial slurs and "
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removed three books with LGBTQ+ or gender-non-conforming characters –
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the most commonly banned books had to do with LGBTQ inclusion. In her
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3420:"Art Spiegelman sees the new ban of his book 'Maus' as a 'red alert'"
2381:"Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges"
2341:"Missouri's new effort to punish libraries is vindictive and harmful"
2181:"What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is Everyone Talking About It?"
2010:
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1445:"US public schools banned 10,000 books in most recent academic year"
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accused the media of a double standard when labeling the removal of
4524:"Education reform bill passes Iowa House, heads to governor's desk"
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3555:"School Board in Tennessee Bans Teaching of Holocaust Novel 'Maus'"
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1885:"Here are 50 books Texas parents want banned from school libraries"
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4484:"LGTBQ Advocates, Students Challenge Iowa 'Don't Say Gay' Law (1)"
3990:"Florida at Center of Debate as School Book Bans Surge Nationally"
1553:"Analysis | This wave of book bans is different from earlier ones"
593:' books being pulled from libraries and bookstores, and videos of
130:
Banning of thousands of books from school libraries in many states
3762:"Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Into Law"
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2052:"Authors of color speak out against efforts to ban books on race"
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to grow, support, and mobilize local parent groups. According to
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2709:"When it comes to banning books, both Right and Left are guilty"
4407:"Virginia Judge Dismisses Case That Sought to Limit Book Sales"
3827:"Florida's law limiting LGBTQ discussion in schools, explained"
145:
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issued an injunction against some parts of the law on December
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
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of fiction and non-fiction bestsellers and award-winners like
3954:"Authors and Students Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans"
3217:"Controversies in Texas helped author Jerry Craft sell books"
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A coalition of LGBT advocacy groups and families sued in the
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in which he interviews his father about his experiences as a
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1736:"Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says"
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10, 2022, the board of trustees of McMinn County Schools in
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Harris, Elizabeth A.; Alter, Alexandra (January 30, 2022).
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List of most commonly challenged books in the United States
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to any student who requested one, leading them to create a
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Starting in 2021, there have been a considerable number of
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2216:"Censorship Scholar On Book Bans And Critical Race Theory"
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935:. A bookstore in Tennessee offered to give a free copy of
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot
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was removed from required curriculum by a school board in
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provide resources, connections, and sophisticated strategy
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2498:"Biden lambasts book ban attempts in remarks to teachers"
2324:
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Harris, Elizabeth A.; Alter, Alexandra (June 20, 2023).
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Paz, Isabella Grullón; Cramer, Maria (October 2, 2021).
2644:"Where's the Cancel-Culture Outrage Over Banning Books?"
4256:
1928:
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3664:"Sales soar for 'Maus' after its banning in Tennessee"
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26 and some of its provisions went into effect on July
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Mirna Alsharif and Liam Reilly (September 23, 2021).
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2554:"Biden names coordinator to work on book bans issue"
2841:"Unbanning Books: LJ's 2023 Librarians of the Year"
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Censorship of school curricula in the United States
806:speculated it may have to do with House Bill 3979.
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2951:"How Students Fought a Book Ban and Won, for Now"
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1214:GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force v. Reynolds
1083:Madison County Public Library System, Mississippi
583:are "guilty" of banning books, citing the ban of
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2287:"The Conservative War on Education That Failed"
1999:
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931:spiked, becoming the number one best-seller on
4757:2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
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927:Following publicity around the ban, sales of
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533:In many cases, bans on certain books led to
477:event honoring educators on April 24, 2023,
201:books, and other library resources, such as
4767:Democratic backsliding in the United States
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4201:"Ridgeland Mayor Demands LGBTQ+ Book Purge"
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446:conversation about the concepts it raises.
337:According to Richard Price, a professor at
18:2021–2023 book banning in the United States
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3794:"Does the 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Say That?"
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1651:"Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S."
992:1069, which expanded the complete ban in
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2775:"Who Controls What Books You Can Read?"
2706:
2003:
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1748:from the original on September 19, 2022
1609:Bellamy-Walker, Tat (January 6, 2022).
1550:
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1100:Hamilton County School Board, Tennessee
358:The Meritorious Price on Our Redemption
323:do with profanity or sex. For example,
216:
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4482:Steinberg, Julie (November 28, 2023).
4230:Judin, Nick; Press, Mississippi Free.
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3459:Guzman, Francisco (January 27, 2022).
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2971:from the original on February 13, 2022
2773:Mangu-Ward, Katherine (July 3, 2022).
2688:from the original on February 13, 2022
2656:from the original on February 10, 2022
2623:from the original on February 13, 2022
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2471:Wolfe, Elizabeth (December 16, 2023).
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1670:from the original on February 12, 2022
1623:from the original on February 12, 2022
1573:from the original on February 11, 2022
1551:Strauss, Valerie (February 10, 2022).
1515:from the original on February 13, 2022
1469:Petri, Alexandra E. (April 22, 2023).
1443:Oladipo, Gloria (September 23, 2024).
1438:
1436:
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1053:by Ian Hoffman and Sarah Hoffman, and
843:, said she heard Craft talking about "
761:In October 2021, Texas Representative
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3353:Dellinger, Hannah (October 6, 2021).
3140:Powell, Michael (December 10, 2021).
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2642:Jong-Fast, Molly (February 2, 2022).
2338:
2299:from the original on February 2, 2022
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2191:from the original on February 2, 2022
2050:Alfonseca, Kiara (December 3, 2021).
1883:Hixenbaugh, Mike (February 1, 2022).
1812:Will, Madeline (September 30, 2021).
1770:Beauchamp, Zack (February 10, 2022).
1468:
1096:books as "filth" and "pornographic."
885:survivor. The work is presented as a
463:National Coalition Against Censorship
157:well-funded book challenges to other
4752:Book censorship in the United States
4659:
4508:O'Neal, Connor (November 16, 2023).
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2997:Panyard, Jack (September 10, 2021).
2407:Waxman, Olivia B. (April 20, 2023).
2400:
2317:
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1301:Book censorship in the United States
1269:
864:and McMinn County Schools, Tennessee
411:Protest against book banning at the
4405:Holpuch, Amanda (August 31, 2022).
4340:
4304:
4244:from the original on March 31, 2022
4181:from the original on March 31, 2022
3891:Shackford, Scott (April 19, 2023).
3872:from the original on March 26, 2023
3839:from the original on March 20, 2023
3806:from the original on March 26, 2023
3594:Harris, Gerald (January 28, 2022).
3317:Garcia, Ariana (October 27, 2021).
3284:Chappell, Bill (October 28, 2021).
3215:Garcia, Ariana (November 5, 2021).
3184:Garcia, Ariana (December 6, 2021).
2887:"About Banned and Challenged Books"
2611:Hytrek, Nikoel (February 4, 2022).
2461:
2360:Povich, Elaine S. (April 3, 2023).
1462:
1433:
1369:from the original on March 31, 2023
765:distributed a list to Texas school
307:movement in general, also fueled a
163:restrict what students should learn
24:
4460:from the original on April 1, 2023
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4427:from the original on April 1, 2023
4386:from the original on April 7, 2022
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4211:from the original on April 1, 2022
4048:
4027:Baska, Maggie (January 10, 2023).
4017:
3938:
3760:O'Connor, Lydia (March 28, 2022).
3248:Sarappo, Emma (December 8, 2021).
2820:from the original on April 7, 2022
2742:"The rise in book bans, explained"
2721:from the original on April 7, 2022
2252:Winkie, Luke (December 23, 2021).
1966:Gabbatt, Adam (January 24, 2022).
1947:from the original on June 16, 2021
1716:from the original on April 7, 2022
1694:Natanson, Hannah (April 7, 2022).
1420:Advocacy, Legislation & Issues
1394:Advocacy, Legislation & Issues
916:. Spiegelman called the decision "
433:cited discomfort with issues like
363:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
25:
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4057:
3858:Lavietes, Matt (March 16, 2022).
3825:Phillips, Amber (April 1, 2022).
3697:Visser, Nick (January 31, 2022).
3553:Gross, Jenny (January 27, 2022).
3417:
3104:Lopez, Brian (October 26, 2021).
2787:from the original on July 4, 2022
2754:from the original on July 6, 2022
2379:Natanson, Hannah (May 23, 2023).
2285:Laats, Adam (November 23, 2021).
2111:Dutton, Jack (January 14, 2022).
2004:Skolnik, Jon (February 8, 2022).
1357:Raymond Garcia (March 22, 2023).
1010:A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
4747:21st-century American literature
4687:
4633:
4372:Collins, Liam (March 17, 2022).
4283:from the original on May 2, 2022
3774:from the original on May 6, 2022
3630:Mangan, Dan (January 28, 2022).
3520:Mangan, Dan (January 27, 2022).
2838:
2806:Smith, Kyle (February 8, 2022).
2583:Savage, Claire (June 12, 2023).
1933:; Collins, Ben (June 15, 2021).
811:Katy Independent School District
753:in July 2021. Known as Texas's "
441:. Shauntee Burns-Simpson of the
27:Wave of challenges against books
4640:Taylor, Claire (July 1, 2023).
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1218:Penguin Random House v. Robbins
4112:Chudy, Emily (June 22, 2023).
2808:"The Book-Ban Double Standard"
2740:Haupt, Angela (June 9, 2022).
2560:. June 8, 2023. Archived from
1407:
1381:
1350:
943:campaign to cover the demand.
624:Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
535:increased sales of those books
203:educational research databases
13:
1:
2318:Rose, Andy (April 12, 2023).
1343:
1155:Tennessee Library Association
773:The Confessions of Nat Turner
758:led to many book challenges.
4276:Chattanooga Times Free Press
4140:Camp, Emma (June 21, 2023).
2442:American Library Association
1251:in November 2023. Publisher
1224:In Iowa, Senate File 496 (SF
1190:temporary restraining orders
980:However, in April 2023, the
970:Parental Rights in Education
487:U.S. Department of Education
402:
223:American Library Association
198:American Library Association
171:history of the United States
7:
1289:
1186:Virginia House of Delegates
1005:Lake County School District
850:In November 2021, Governor
266:University of Massachusetts
10:
4783:
1772:"Why book banning is back"
1106:Hamilton County, Tennessee
982:Florida Board of Education
950:
742:
706:Freedom to Read Foundation
637:. Katherine Mangu-Ward of
4305:TTC (February 10, 2022).
3731:"Senate Bill 1834 (2022)"
2086:No Left Turn in Education
1414:COLLIS (March 20, 2023).
914:Holocaust Remembrance Day
724:York County, Pennsylvania
126:
112:
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55:
4526:. KCCI 8. April 20, 2023
2470:
1332:The ABCs of Book Banning
1201:A Court of Mist and Fury
1188:, filed two motions for
1170:A Court of Mist and Fury
873:is a nonfiction book by
783:Between the World and Me
694:Queer Liberation Library
662:McMinn County, Tennessee
621:" characters, including
468:Queer Liberation Library
376:On the Origin of Species
4575:The Des Moines Register
4550:The Des Moines Register
3799:The Wall Street Journal
2872:The Florida Times-Union
1045:by Jessica Herthel and
833:Coretta Scot King Award
603:books. Angela Haupt of
589:in California schools,
461:A spokesperson for the
443:New York Public Library
31:
4311:Tennessee Conservative
4205:Mississippi Free Press
1744:. September 16, 2022.
1089:Ridgeland, Mississippi
1000:through eighth grade.
959:Florida Representative
713:Notable cases and laws
609:also noted efforts by
416:
339:Weber State University
293:murder of George Floyd
95:Democratic backsliding
44:considered for merging
4601:Associated Press News
3395:. December 10, 2021.
3387:"Talking While Black"
3250:"This Is a Shakedown"
2445:. November 29, 2021.
2221:All Things Considered
1363:News and Press Center
1115:More Than We Can Tell
1068:And Tango Makes Three
1033:In Our Mothers’ House
1020:And Tango Makes Three
745:Texas House Bill 3979
739:Texas House Bill 3979
666:To Kill a Mockingbird
629:To Kill a Mockingbird
586:To Kill a Mockingbird
575:opined that both the
555:University of Chicago
413:Georgia State Capitol
410:
99:national conservatism
4727:2023 in American law
4722:2022 in American law
4717:2021 in American law
4604:. December 29, 2023.
4207:. January 25, 2022.
4177:. February 4, 2022.
3674:. January 28, 2022.
2684:. January 28, 2022.
2346:Missouri Independent
1860:. February 4, 2022.
1511:. February 8, 2022.
1253:Penguin Random House
1104:The school board of
1070:with "no legitimate
755:critical race theory
688:The Banned Book Club
431:Melissa Harris-Perry
317:critical race theory
309:reactionary movement
217:Background and scope
4621:. December 29, 2023
3924:City & State FL
3832:The Washington Post
2921:. February 23, 2023
1701:The Washington Post
1230:"Don't Say Gay" law
1206:Barnes & Nobles
606:The Washington Post
569:". Adam Szetela of
537:, such as works by
393:The Washington Post
391:A 2023 analysis by
107:right-wing populism
52:
4742:2023 in literature
4737:2022 in literature
4732:2021 in literature
4412:The New York Times
4279:. March 18, 2022.
4237:Jackson Free Press
4093:. January 10, 2023
3995:The New York Times
3959:The New York Times
3802:. March 11, 2022.
3735:The Florida Senate
3560:The New York Times
3392:This American Life
3147:The New York Times
2956:The New York Times
2617:Iowa Starting Line
2145:Wong, Julia Carrie
1655:The New York Times
1192:against the books
728:The New York Times
557:history professor
506:Cinderella Is Dead
417:
305:Black Lives Matter
228:The New York Times
221:In fall 2021, the
50:
4693:Alexandra Alter,
4341:Mangrum, Meghan.
3360:Houston Chronicle
3324:Houston Chronicle
3222:Houston Chronicle
3111:The Texas Tribune
3069:York Daily Record
3004:York Daily Record
2918:Los Angeles Times
2224:. July 25, 2021.
1929:Kingkade, Tyler;
1475:Los Angeles Times
1296:Banned Books Week
1270:Louisiana Act 436
1260:Stephen H. Locher
1141:by Angie Thomas.
1130:Far from the Tree
1127:by Angie Thomas,
1051:Jacob’s New Dress
1029:Justin Richardson
937:The Complete Maus
732:York Daily Record
700:Banned Books Week
527:All American Boys
269:political science
262:COVID-19 pandemic
134:
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