2008Ĭhallenged in the Manheim Township (PA) schools.
A trustee questioned the qualifications of Orestimba staff to teach a novel depicting African American culture. Restricted to students with parental permission at the Ocean View School District middle school libraries in Huntington Beach (CA) because the “book’s contents were inappropriate for children.” Challenged in the Newman-Crows Landing (CA) School District on a required reading list presented by the Orestimba High English Department. 2017Ĭhallenged and under review in the sophomore-level Academic English II classes at Lemont (IL) High School District 210 because of objections from parents at a 21 November 2016 school board meeting. After the community protested the board’s vote, it rescinded its decision and the books remain available in the schools. The Office for Intellectual Freedom - joined by Alaska librarians, the Freedom to Read Foundation, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and the American Booksellers for Free Expression-sent a letter to the Mat-Su school board urging them to return the books to the curriculum.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was also challenged for “anti-white messaging” one board member claimed that it could generate an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit. The concern cited by the board members was sexual content that could cause controversy. The board also voted to remove the New York Times Learning Network as a teacher resource. The Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough School District School Board in Palmer, Alaska, voted 5–2 to remove five books identified as controversial from the school curriculum: The Things They Carried, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Catch-22, Invisible Man, and The Great Gatsby. Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
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