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October 10, 2025
This Banned Book Week, theGrio is spotlighting page-turners that have been challenged and/or banned in libraries across the U.S.
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April 7, 2025
As part of its annual report, the ALA unveiled its list of the 10 most “challenged books” of 2024—most of…
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I Am Ruby Bridges --Scholastic Book Fair
October 25, 2023
The Scholastic Book Fair has decided against having a separate catalog featuring books that have been banned around the country.
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
October 19, 2023
Democrats and advocates gathered on Wednesday to continue the national condemnation of banned books across the country.
October 5, 2023
On the latest episode of “The Hill with April Ryan,” April D. Ryan breaks down the latest on Capitol Hill…
Library team centers Houston
August 24, 2023
When Wes Brown sought out children's books for his two young sons, he made sure to seek titles that reflected…
Ta-Nehisi Coates National Correspondent, The Atlantic; Author, ?We Were Eight Years in Power? appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)
July 21, 2023
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher told to stop…
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
July 14, 2023
Banning books not only diminish the injustices experienced by generations of Americans but also prevent educators from doing their jobs.
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
June 16, 2023
OPINION: Black literature serves as a testament to the resilience and triumphs of a people who have endured the harshest…
June 13, 2023
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a bill that he says will make Illinois the first state…
Old Harbour High School Jamaica
May 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district's decision to remove some books from its…
May 1, 2023
When Oklahoma's newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last fall, he ran on a platform…
Book ban United States
April 21, 2023
EveryLibrary is keeping tabs on 113 potential laws it says will negatively impact libraries or restrict people's access to certain…
Ian Fleming, James Bond 007 author
February 27, 2023
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd has edited out racist references in several James Bond novels, with plans to reissue them in…
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
February 23, 2023
If these politicians are fighting for a more perfect union, there is no education more powerful than Black history to…
Publisher removes Rosa Parks race x Gov. Ron DeSantis
February 21, 2023
Empty the libraries and you hide evidence of historical crimes. DeSantis wants to erase Black people from the record so…
April 26, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to sign legislation that would ban educational literature deemed inappropriate for children. 
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, critical race theory
April 23, 2022
The Florida Department of Education has explained its decision to reject more than 40% of the math textbooks it reviewed…
February 27, 2022
The Wentzville School Board has reversed its ban of "The Bluest Eye" one month after voting to remove it from…