It started with a 150-year-old children’s classic being banned in public schools and libraries in one state. Some were concerned the main character, a boy, was “pro-Communist, subversive and racist.”
So the state passed a law banning that book — and 2,700 others. Other states followed suit. Soon thousands of beloved books were gone from shelves across the nation.
But then news stories and social media posts about questionable past comments by the politicians who had supported the book bans began to spring up.
“Out of context!” cried the politicians.
But within two years, they too were gone.
So the state passed a law banning that book — and 2,700 others. Other states followed suit. Soon thousands of beloved books were gone from shelves across the nation.
But then news stories and social media posts about questionable past comments by the politicians who had supported the book bans began to spring up.
“Out of context!” cried the politicians.
But within two years, they too were gone.
