Tennessee county bans 6 books from schools including Beloved, …
WEB1 day ago · Nashville Tennessean. 0:04. 1:13. Ahead of National Banned Book Week, the Rutherford County Board of Education voted on Thursday to remove six books from school libraries, including the 1998 ...
Why Is ‘Beloved’ in the News? - The New York Times
WEBOct 27, 2021 · Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” became a point of controversy in the Virginia governor’s race. Here is some background about the book.
Rutherford school board pulls 'Beloved,' 5 other books from …
WEB1 day ago · Book freedom advocate responds. "Beloved" and five other books will be removed from Rutherford County Schools libraries, officials decided Thursday at a packed meeting. After hearing speeches on both sides about whether the books were obscene, the majority of the elected Board of Education voted 4-3 …
'Beloved' 'Wicked' face proposal to pull from Rutherford schools
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Elected Rutherford County school officials will decide if "Beloved," a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison, should be deemed obscene and pulled from campus libraries.
On Reading ‘Beloved’ Over and Over Again - The New York Times
WEBJun 2, 2023 · On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz talks to Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer-winning contributing critic at large for The Times, about her abiding love for Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” — in...
Virginia governor race highlights irony of banning 'Beloved ... - NBC News
WEBOct 29, 2021 · Virginia governor race debate between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin over public schools shows the irony of banning Toni Morrison's 'Beloved.'.
ACLU warns Rutherford school board about removing 'Beloved,' …
WEB3 days ago · The board's agenda for the 5:30 p.m. Thursday meeting includes whether the following books should be removed: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. "Queen of Shadows" by Sara J Maas. "Tower of Dawn" by Sara J Maas. "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi. "Skin and Bones" by Sherry Shahan. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky.
"Beloved" isn't the only book parents have challenged. Here ... - CBS News
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Parents have the right to petition school boards to remove books — but censorship is also a First Amendment issue.
Students protest book bans by distributing 'Maus,' 'Beloved'
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · Youth-led activist group Voters of Tomorrow plans on distributing hundreds of copies of Toni Morrison’s "Beloved" and Art Spiegelman’s "Maus" to students in Texas and Virginia.
Virginia’s Fight Over ‘Beloved’ - The New York Times
WEBNov 3, 2021 · Lawmakers passed what became known as the “Beloved bill,” which would have given parents the right to opt their children out of reading books with “sexually explicit content.”
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