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In the dark of night on June 7, 1883, Mohandas K. Gandhi was thrown off a train in Pietermaritzburg. In South Africa to work as a lawyer, his presence in the first-class carriage was objected to by a white passenger. Even though he had purchased a first-class ticket, Gandhi was ordered to move to third-class. Refusing, Gandhi was forcefully ejected, landing with is luggage onto a hard dirt road. He felt confused and afraid; ashamed and humiliated. Yet when he stood up, he was a changed man.

There’s been plenty of news lately about states attempting to ban books in their schools, but little has been said about censorship in prisons. Virginia, for example, won’t allow inmates to read more than 25-hundred titles, but one man is helping prisoners to operate what he calls Freedom Libraries – collections of books that inspire readers to be better. Sandy Hausman has his story.

Sandy Hausman is Radio IQ's Charlottesville Bureau Chief

For Release Illinois Department of Corrections Announces Opening of Freedom Libraries in Partnership with Free...

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