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#SorryNotSorry, Book Banners, Black History Is Still Happening

#SorryNotSorry, Book Banners, Black History Is Still Happening

February 10, 2022

What a difference a year makes. Book banning is back—and it’s on steroids. Is it a coincidence that it’s all the rave—more like rage—during Black History Month? The pearl-clutchers have assembled and are targeting not only books dealing with sex and gender but also books featuring Black themes and US history. It’s a predictable flex. A tired flex. Read more →


Posted at 03:33 PM in Activism, American Society, An African American and Latinx History of the United States, An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States, And the Category Is..., Biography and Memoir, Christian Coleman, Crystal Marie Fleming, Cynthia B. Dillard, Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality, Guilaine Kinouani, History, How to Be Less Stupid About Race, James Baldwin, Keisha N. Blain, Kyle T. Mays, Living While Black, Martin Luther King, Jr., Paul Ortiz, Progressive Education, Queer Perspectives, Race and Ethnicity in America, Ricky Tucker, Science and Medicine, Sheryll Cashin, Solomon Jones, Ten Lives, Ten Demands, The Price of the Ticket, The Spirit of Our Work, The Young Crusaders, Until I Am Free, V. P. Franklin, Where Do We Go From Here?, White Space, Black Hood | Permalink | Comments (0)

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