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Critical Race Theory / Police / 1619 Project

1619 Project - Heights Libraries. https://heightslibrary.org/services/1619-project/

Alfonseca, Kiara. "Authors of color speak out against efforts to ban books on race."  ABC News,  3 Dec. 2021. abcnews.go.com/US/authors-color-speak-efforts-ban-books-race/story?id=81491208

Arceneaux, Michael. "Book banning is back, and it's targeting Black folks." The Week, 1 Feb. 2022,  theweek.com/education/1009613/book-banning-is-back-and-its-targeting-black-folks

Harris, Adam. "The GOP’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Obsession." The Atlantic, 7 May 2021, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/

Pottiger, Maya. "Now Even Police Are Getting Black Books Banned." The Observer, 21 Jan 2022, sacobserver.com/2022/01/now-even-police-are-getting-black-books-banned/

Robinson, Ishena. "Anti-CRT Mania and Book Bans are the Latest Tactics to Halt Racial Justice." NAACP, 2022. www.naacpldf.org/critical-race-theory-banned-books/

LGBTQ Challenges

Canton, Matthew. "US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will not ban the books’." The Guardian, 5 Aug. 2022, www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors

"Defend LGBTGQ Stories." National Coalition Against Censorship, 28 Feb, 2019, ncac.org/resource/defend-lgbtq-stories-a-resource

Kobabe, Maia. "Schools are banning my book. But queer kids need queer stories." Washington Post, 29 Oct 2021. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/schools-are-banning-my-book-queer-kids-need-queer-stories/

Olson, Meghan. “Books Not Bans: HRC Foundation’s LGBTQ+ Affirming Booklist for Middle School and High School.” Human Rights Campaign, 16 Feb 2022, www.hrc.org/news/books-not-bans-hrc-foundations-lgbtq-affirming-booklist-for-middle-school-and-high-school

Pendharkar, Eesha. "As Book Bans Spread, Suburban Moms Who Oppose Them Are Fighting Back." Education Week. 17 Feb. 2022. www.edweek.org/leadership/as-book-bans-spread-suburban-moms-who-oppose-them-are-fighting-back/2022/02

Religion / The Bible Controversy

Hagerty, Barbara B. "Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?" NPR, 18 March 2012, www.npr.org/2010/03/18/124494788/is-the-bible-more-violent-than-the-quran

Pulley, Anna. "The 8 kinkiest passages of the Bible." Salon, 6 April 2015, www.salon.com/2015/04/06/the_8_kinkiest_passages_of_the_bible_partner/

"Religion in American Libraries Q&A" American Library Association, 2020, www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/religionqa

Wingfield, Mark. "Everything you need to know about the rise in efforts to ban books from libraries" Baptist News, 17 Feb. 2022, baptistnews.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-rise-in-efforts-to-ban-books-from-libraries/

Dr. Seuss controversy

“6 Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published due to racist imagery” CBC, 3 March 2021, www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/dr-seuss-books-publication-racist-images-1.5933033.

Alter, Alexandra and Elizabeth A. Harris. “Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts.” New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/books/dr-seuss-books.html.

Caine, Paul. “Dr. Seuss’ Literary Estate Embroiled in ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy.” WTTW News, 8 March 2021, news.wttw.com/2021/03/08/dr-seuss-literary-estate-embroiled-cancel-culture-controversy.

Cantrell, Kate and Sharon Bickle. “Cat in a Spat: Scrapping Dr Seuss Books Is Not Cancel Culture.” The Conversation, 3 March 2021,  theconversation.com/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378.

Conklin, Audrey. “6 Dr. Seuss books to stop being published because of racist imagery.” Fox News, 2 March. 2021, www.foxnews.com/us/dr-seuss-books-canceled-racist-imagery.

Ford, Clyde W. “How we should deal with Dr. Seuss books and cancel culture.” Crosscut, 15 March 2021, crosscut.com/opinion/2021/03/how-we-should-deal-dr-seuss-books-and-cancel-culture.

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