Best #outfit. 🎬

#GraceLinn was probably the oldest person to attend this year's #oscars ceremony at 101. She inspired and appears in The ABCs of Book Banning, which was up for best documentary short, and her outfit was a testament to her love of #books.

#fashion #oscars2024

Grace Linn’s husband was killed while fighting nazis in WWII. She’s a centenarian who has witnessed the rise of fascism first hand.

Recently she took on a school board in Florida against their book bans. She made a quilt in protest and reminded people where book bans lead:

“Banning books and burning books are the same. Both are done for the same reason: fear of knowledge.”

https://pen.org/grace-linn-book-ban-martin-county/

#BookBans #Fascism #GraceLinn #Knowledge #Books #Florida

101-Year-Old Grace Linn: 'Banning Books and Burning Books Are the Same'

Others protesting book bans have held up signs in protest. Grace Linn held up a quilt. The 101-year-old talked to PEN America about the importance of spreading the word about book bans.

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100-year-old #Florida woman speaks out against #BookBans, creates quilt to show opposition

#GraceLinn #martincounty #bookbanning #quilt #freedom #bannedbooks
https://youtu.be/sOtOpIFkMmY

Grace Linn's powerful speech against Book Bans at a Florida School Board Meeting is worth watching

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