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“Even if the decision was made with good intention,” said Scholastic Trade Publishing’s Ellie Berger, “we understand now that it […] The post Scholastic apologizes for segregating books at children’s book fairs appeared first on TheGrio.

Scholastic offered a separate, optional collection containing titles about LGBTQ identities and race for book fairs this fall, stating it wanted to protect educators amid book bans.

The "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" case strongly featured authors of color and many stories with queer content.

New Day's Big E announced on Twitter that OHR Media will premiere the short film Bridges next month at the Urbanworld Film Festival.

St Stephen’s Primary School children have been learning about the importance of Black History Month.

By Aziah Siid and Maya Pottiger | Word In Black - Legislation to strip Black and LGBTQ+ literature from schools has spread nationwide, and free speech advocates are fighting back against the bans by providing access to free books and joining boards that work to protect intellectual materials.

The Voices platform highlights civil rights figures known locally and nationally.

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, gave schools a choice this year to opt in or out of its diversity collection called, “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice.”

Universal Images Group via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) -- The decision by children’s book publisher Scholastic to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of color and LGBTQ people is meeting resistance from groups that oppose book bans. The news comes as attempts to ban books spike across the country and as dozens of states continue to implement policies that restrict how the subjects of race, gender a...

Universal Images Group via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) -- The decision by children’s book publisher Scholastic to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of color and LGBTQ people is meeting resistance from groups that oppose book bans. The news comes as attempts to ban books spike across the country and as dozens of states continue to implement policies that restrict how the subjects of race, gender a...