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The club is called the Unlocked Library. They can read books outside of school, but they want to talk to friends about important issues surrounding race and gender.
The primary reason for initiating this review was in anticipation of potential "unprecedented" challenges regarding book content that the library system might face.
A library system in Alabama flagged a children’s book, “Read Me a Story, Stella,” as potentially “sexually explicit” because the author’s last name is “Gay.”
Book bans cost libraries and school districts thousands of dollars. Bans can limit exposure to different perspectives and suppress critical thinking.
Students behind groups pushing back say they have long been left out of the conversation, despite being the most impacted by such restrictions.