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PEN America Releases Report on School Book Bans for Banned Books Week
Original: Banned Books Week: PEN America Issues a Report on School Book Bans
PEN America has issued a new report on book bans in US schools, timed to coincide with Banned Books Week, the annual awareness campaign highlighting censorship. The organisation has tracked thousands of book removals from school libraries and curricula in recent years, often targeting titles dealing with race, gender and sexuality. The report is expected to fuel ongoing national debate over educational censorship.
Why now: Banned Books Week is drawing attention to renewed fights over school library censorship in the United States.
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- Banned Books Week: PEN America Issues a Report on School Book Bans · newsbreaks.infotoday.com
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