A Southlake, Texas, teacher spoke out against a new school policy. It derailed her career.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southlake-texas-holocaust-policy-teacher-rcna146861

#StopFascism #NoNazis #FreeTheBooks

A Southlake, Texas, teacher spoke out against a new school policy. It derailed her career.

An excerpt from “They Came for the Schools” reveals what happened after a teacher blew the whistle on new classroom library restrictions in Southlake, Texas.

NBC News
Book Bans Are Having the Opposite Effect of What Conservatives Want

Book banners seek to rid publishing completely of diverse voices, but their efforts are having the opposite effect.

The Mary Sue
Librarians Lock Autauga-Prattville Public Library in Protest After Director Fired by Board

Library workers locked the public library in protest of the director being fired, and they have been fired as well.

BOOK RIOT
Join PEN America to #FreeTheBooks by making your voice heard.

The freedom to read is under assault. Join PEN America to #FreeTheBooks by taking action and making your voice heard.

PEN America
What Was the First Banned Book in History?

There’s more than one possible answer. But one of the leading contenders has a fairly predictable culprit: the Puritans.

Mental Floss
The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2022-2023 School Year

These were the 11 most banned books of the 2022-2023 school year, according to PEN America's Index of Banned Books. The banned book list 2023 includes Tricks and The Bluest Eye.

PEN America

#HalfPriceBooks has a petition going to stand against banned books. #BuyBannedBooks #KnowledgeIsPower
https://chng.it/7WSZvKxp86

Also, check out PEN’s site for lists of books to get. #FreeTheBooks
https://pen.org/

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Stand Against Book Bans with Half Price Books

Change.org

@DrALJONES

#FreeTheBooks

Books Unbanned: Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access Seattle Public Library's entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned

Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

Remember #AmandaGorman, the young poet who became famous after reciting during Biden’s inauguration? She got banned in a county in Florida after ONE parent presented a complaint.

#freethebooks

This is the poem http://contentmanager.med.uvm.edu/docs/the_hill_we_climb/vccyf-documents/the_hill_we_climb.pdf?sfvrsn=44a33335_2

This is Amanda Gorman’s Instagram post about the situation https://www.instagram.com/p/CsmfbFWypgC/?igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg==