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The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America found ...
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And when you’re done, you’ll be looking to sink your teeth into more books like it. If you liked Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” we’ve rounded up some of our favorite books by Black ...
Between 2020 and 2022, book titles banned in libraries and schools (including books on race, slavery, sex and gender identity) rose more than 1,100%. "Sunday Morning" talks with advocates for ...
More than half of books banned during the last school year featured or were about people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, according to a report released Thursday.
Among them was The Color Purple, which was removed from library shelves in Florida’s Indian County School District at the request of a parent group that objected to 156 of the books on school ...
Collectively, they've now published five children's books that reflect families and children of color. "It's not just African American characters," Draper said. "It's Hispanic characters, it's ...