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It was one of 10 books the West Ada School District had removed from libraries earlier in the school year. Bub did not take the book. Jenkins dropped it at his feet and walked off the stage ...
Trustees unanimously rejected a request to remove Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from the Kuna High School library. The book, published in 1970, is in a restricted section of the library ...
What is Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week offers a moment to reflect on the power of the free word. Launched in 1982, the observance served as an answer to a rising number of book challenges ...
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
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PEN America, a free expression advocacy group, has tracked nearly 16,000 book ban attempts in public schools nationwide since 2021. In 2023 alone, the American Library Association (ALA) documented ...
The preliminary data was released at the start of Banned Books Week, an annual campaign by the ALA that raises awareness about censorship. US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 ...
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."