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Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material on the grounds that it is objectionable according to the standards applied by the censor. [1] The first instance of book censorship in what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day Quincy, Massachusetts.
In 2023 alone, the American Library Association (ALA) documented 4,240 different book titles and argued that book banning efforts are a form of censorship. MORE: Texas residents sue county for ...
In Texas, the process for challenging and removing books from schools differs from place to place. A state effort is scrutinizing nearly 850 titles.
The North East Independent School District, just north of San Antonio, Texas, removed over 430 books from its shelves in December 2021, replacing them with “books on similar topics,” according ...
In October 2021, Texas Representative Matt Krause distributed a list to Texas school superintendents containing 850 books having to do with race, sexuality, and history which might "make students feel discomfort". [58] Most of the books' authors are women, people of color, or LGBTQ.
The group previously documented 3,362 instances of book bans in the 2022–2023 school year. "With 10,000 school book bans and counting in the 2023-2024 school, we have to take stock of the harm ...
The organization found that Texas had nearly double the number of bans compared to other states, with over 700. ... But book censorship battles are ... and school boards "may not remove books from ...
Across 33 school districts, PEN America recorded 1,406 book ban cases in the state, followed by 625 in Texas, 333 in Missouri, 281 in Utah and 186 in Pennsylvania.