Recent years have seen a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books. Here's how book banning emerged—and how it turned school libraries into battlegrounds.
SLAVE codes (U.S.)CRITICAL race theoryThe author examines the relationship between the legacy of slavery and book banning in American schools and prisons, arguing that book banning is a modern form of antiliteracy laws, known as "slave codes," that were enacted during enslav...
The numbers make compelling reading, particularly in a week when effects similar to the wave of book bannings in the United States is echoed by a Wisconsin elementary school’s removal of a song from its spring concert because the Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus duet “Rainbowland” could be, ...
The national furor in recent years aroundbanning bookson race and gender in public schools is intensifying as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, emboldening conservatives to end “wokeness” in classrooms. Battles over books inschool librarieshave become e...
Students temporarily lost access to nearly 100 books in Beaufort County, South Carolina after a book banning push. Here's the full list of books. Mar 3, 2024 Beaufort, SC, schools return dozens of books to shelves after ban fight A South Carolina school district's superintendent pulled ...
Her Campus at UTDBook Bans: A Very Brief History and the Current Struggle Book banning (or burning) has been around for almost as long as human history has been recorded. In the past, books have been banned largely for the same reason... ...
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Public school parents are more likely to be in favor of book restrictions, but more than half of parents (59%) still oppose book restrictions. This is lower than the 67% opposition rate among non-parents. MORE: Books dumped en masse at Florida's New College, sparking controversy ...