Book Bans

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Black History Month: Build Strength and Capacity with AAPF’s Liberation Calendar

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Last week brought reports that federal agencies are eradicating Black History Month. Executive orders to eliminate “discriminatory equity ideology” are in fact censorship attempts to prohibit the teaching of comprehensive American history in K-12 schools. As the war against censorship continues, the African American Policy Forum’s 2025 Liberation Calendar can provide support for ongoing engagement.

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Advocating for Educators and Students with the National Council of Teachers of English

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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has been supporting educators and standing against curriculum and school library censorship since the 1950s. We’re here to support your advocacy for the right to read in your own schools and districts.  

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L4L Attorneys Stand With Libraries Fighting Book Bans

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Lawyers for Libraries, a project of the American Library Association, is designed to create a network of attorneys around the country involved in, or committed to becoming involved in, the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of constitutional law to library policies, principles, and problems.

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How does book censorship impact teachers and students?

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Data from First Book Research & Insights illustrates how mandated book bans are negatively impacting teachers and students. At the heart of this debate is whether a small group of individuals has the right to dictate what other people’s children are allowed to read – and to impose their restrictions on the rest of the nation.

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