Five must-read banned books by Black authors
/If you’ve been following the news lately, you might have noticed ongoing pressure to ban books in schools around the U.S. According to a recent American Library Association report, there were 330 “book challenges” in the fall of 2021, which is an increase from previous years. According to The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association, many of these recent challenges include academic freedom, removal of LGBTQ authors, and censorship of Black authors.
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