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Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling debut novel by American author Lillian Smith that deals with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. Its working title was Jordan is so Chilly , but Smith retitled it Strange Fruit prior to publication. [ 2 ]
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics.
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has been banned by several European governments. [1] [2] [3] This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government.
In celebration of Banned Books Week this year, the Bucks County Free Library is inviting patrons to visit its seven branches this week to learn more about controversial titles and the freedom to read.
Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship , from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.
Ban This Book is a 2017 children's novel by Alan Gratz.Inspired by a viral Internet story from the mid-2010s, it tells of an African-American North Carolina girl student's fight against book censorship.
The word fruit appears in Hebrew as פְּרִי , pərî. As to which fruit may have been the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden, possibilities include an apple, grapes, a pomegranate, [6] a fig, [7] carob, [6] etrog or citron, [6] pear, quince, wheat, banana, coco de mer, and mushrooms.
California has become the first state to ban public schools from serving food that contains dyes found in popular snacks such as Froot Loops. The new legislation, which was signed into law by Gov ...