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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.
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 ...
The report said, “(T)he books are in all three of Edmond High Schools libraries, There are no restrictions on the books being checked out at the library, So the lowest grade level that has ...
In October 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma sued over the law, claiming it violated the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. [15] Oklahoma responded in its filing that "there is no constitutional right to teach or learn about implicit bias or subconscious racism in public schools."
In August 2022, a teacher in Oklahoma was put on administrative leave after posting the QR code for BPL's Books Unbanned in her classroom. [18] [19] The Oklahoma Secretary of Education called to have her teaching license revoked. [18] The teacher subsequently resigned and, several months later, accepted a job with the Brooklyn Public Library. [10]
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 ...