📚 It’s #BannedBooksWeek. Here’s the truth: books get banned because they challenge power. If someone’s afraid of a story, that’s the one you need to read. 🔥 Read dangerously. #LetFreedomRead
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
My home country’s complex culture wars contradicting its foundation of #freedom. Like freedom to read 📚 Here are the top 13 most challenged ( AKA #banned ) books in 2022. Thank you #AmericanLibraryAssociation#LetFreedomRead #USA 🇺🇸 📕 📱
Today, on Let Freedom Read Day, I remember that the evil Third Reich burned and later forbid author John Dos Passos’s books. The Nazis accused Dos Passos’s writings of being modernist, immoral, anti-militarist, and either anarchist or communist. I thank the scholar par excellence Miguel Oliveira for his research in this area. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum records JDP in its exhibit on book burnings. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/index.php/content/en/article/john-dos-passos #LetFreedomRead #LetFreedomReadDay #bannedbooksweek
John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos was an American author who served in World War I. During the Nazi book burnings of 1933, his works were burned for their leftist leanings.

Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy Banned Books Week! 😁😎🔥 #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooks #letfreedomread

It's #BannedBooksWeek. With the increase in book banning over last year, we all need to fight for the freedom to read what we want.

Go to your local library. Get involved in local school board meetings.

Ask questions. Fight bans. Stand up for marginalized groups that are most often the targets of bans on books.

Please take action. #LetFreedomRead

Banned and Challenged Mystery Books to Read Now-
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/banned-and-challenged-mystery-books-to-read-now/

Banned and Challenged Mystery Books to Read Now

Be surprised when you learn of some classic murder mystery titles that have been banned or challenged over the years.

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10/2/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers please.

It's Banned Books Week. Are any of these on a ban list? Possibly. However, books aren't banned at Bonnett's. Many of the best books ever have been the target of bans, and I try to keep the classics in stock. Stop in and see!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead
#KavalierAndClay #MichaelChabon #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk #JamesBaldwin #BeyondGoodAndEvil #FriedrichNietzsche #Nietzsche
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Let Freedom Read: Read-in at Codman Square to Fight Censorship

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/64ee193a5c4d5341003dd2af

#LetFreedomRead #BostonMA

Let Freedom Read: Read-in at Codman Square to Fight Censorship

Freedom to read is a fundamental pillar to upholding democracy. During Banned Books Week libraries across the Commonwealth will celebrate the freedom to read with a Statewide Read-In. Join the Codman Square Branch for a read-in and demonstrate your support in the fight against book bans! We'll have comfortable seating inside the library and a large selection of banned books for you to browse, read, and check out. There will also be a raffle and family friendly activities! #letfreedomread

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