We Read Banned Books – YouTube

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 We Read Banned Books – Description from YouTube…

Since 2021, dozens of states have moved to introduce and pass classroom censorship bills that restrict students and teachers from discussing race, gender, and sexual orientation in public schools. At the same time, politicians and school boards are making moves to ban books — predominately those by Black and LGBTQ authors — from public schools and libraries. We partnered with some of our favorite artists to read books that have been banned around the country, because everyone has a First Amendment right to learn and read free from censorship or discrimination. To learn more about book bans and how to combat classroom censorship, go to https://www.aclu.org/rtl-resources

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