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Some notable, and infamous, books have been on the banned list in some Oklahoma schools. Here's a look at the list.
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 ...
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
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. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
According to a survey by PEN America, about 10,000 books were banned from US schools under Republican-led censorship laws in the 2023/2024 academic year, nearly tripling the number for the previous academic year. [8] [9] Many of the book titles targeted dealt with BIPOC and LGBTQ issues.
In 2022, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office told local outlets it would review more than 50 school library books for alleged “obscene” material. Johnson’s novel was among the books ...
HB 1775 has been criticized for having a chilling effect on education in Oklahoma. [22] After the bill's passage, a teacher in Dewey, Oklahoma cancelled their lesson plans involving the book Killers of the Flower Moon. [23] Some school districts removed books such as To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and A Raisin in the ...
During the first half of the 2022-23 school year there were 1,477 instances of individual books banned, 28% more books banned across the U.S. compared to the previous six months, according to PEN ...