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Despite key victories, books covering race and LGBTQ+ topics continue to attract bans in conservative states

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When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball is a book about the childhood of Wilma Rudolph, a legendary sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. The book, which is 32 pages long, is geared toward readers in elementary school. The story focuses on Rudolph's childhood and the obstacles she had to overcome to achieve success. Rudolph, for example, had polio as a child and was forced to wear a leg brace. She was told by a doctor that she would never be able to walk without the brace. But Rudolph was determined.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the Granbury Independent School District after it banned school library books dealing with sexuality and gender.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into the Granbury Independent School District after Superintendent Jeremy Glenn ordered school libraries to ban books dealing with sexuality and gender.