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Book Bans

Media Matters: To ban or not to ban

Media Matters: To ban or not to ban

Challenges to books in public school libraries have risen sharply in the past five years. Columnist Richard Campbell writes that the Trump administration's efforts to clamp down on materials that promote diversity have put librarians at the center of a political fight.
Richard Campbell Apr 29, 2025
Two women stand behind a table with several books laid out on it

Letter to the Editor: Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice reading challenged books at Books on the Bricks

Leaders in Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice support local decision-makers combatting book bans, highlighted in previous Oxford Free Press coverage. OCPJ will read passages from banned books at the next Red Brick Friday event.
Letters to the Editor Jul 30, 2024
An array of multicolored LGBTQ books on a book shelf, top shelf is labeled kids and the one below it is teens.

'Our district isn't about censorship': PFLAG combats book bans

Megan Kuykendoll doesn't want her kids to live in a community where public libraries' shelves are devoid of queer identities and LGBTQ representation.
Taylor Stumbaugh Jun 13, 2024

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