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‘Ruby Bridges’ film offers lessons, not message of hate, creators say

Tampa Bay Times 01 Apr 2023

Now the story of how the film got challenged at a Pinellas County elementary school has become almost equally well known ... schools at the heart of a culture war ... “I don’t see how that would promote hate ... “My parents only once stepped in and said that I was not going to participate in a lesson on the ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’” Johnson continued.

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St. Ann’s School goes off book

New York Post 30 Mar 2023

In December of 2019, English teacher Mike Donohue lugged a stack of teal-and-white AMSCO editions of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” up from the sub-basement book storage room to his classroom on the 9th floor ... For decades, “Huckleberry Finn” was a staple of the middle school experience at Saint Ann’s.

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Hicks: Here's a novel idea, book banners — leave libraries to readers

The Post and Courier 29 Mar 2023

It was good to see some actual readers at the Greenville County library board meeting on Monday ... They've tried to ban Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" because of its prodigious use of one particularly heinous word — without considering it's actually one of the most racially progressive novels (at least from a white author) of the 19th century ... Still ... .

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The government has no business banning books

Cleveland 28 Mar 2023

As a left-leaning reader, I read Ted Diadiun’s March 26 column, “Book banning is a bad idea, no matter who’s doing it,” with interest, and found it very eye-opening ... Seuss. Ted, you’re right. Book banning on both sides is wrong. We should be able to read about gay penguins and read Huckleberry Finn in its original form ... ....

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Editorial: 'Hecklers' try to drown out speech

Decatur Daily 26 Mar 2023

Free speech and expression seem besieged from all sides. A report released last week by the American Library Association found that school and public libraries faced a record number of book bans and other restrictions in 2022 ... Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” remains a favorite target ... Get Unlimited Access. $3 for 3 Months ... .

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Banning books is a bad idea, no matter who’s doing it: Ted Diadiun

Cleveland 26 Mar 2023

CLEVELAND -- The book-burners are at it again ... Seuss books are six titles because, among other horrors, they include original ethnic and racial caricatures that the Seuss estate has deemed “hurtful and wrong.” We already know that the Mark Twain classic, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has been largely consigned to the ash heap of academia.

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CRITICAL MASS: There should be a celebration for ‘Charles Portis: Collected Works’

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 26 Mar 2023

Newspaper writing teaches humility ... The Library of America's latest volume is "Charles Portis. Collected Works ." ... It is a great American novel, an inversion of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," in which Mattie Ross is a civilizer, a law reader, an organizing principal — as much a symbol of imposed order as a piano in a homestead parlor ... OTHER WORKS ... .

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A Yankee Notebook: A case for defense of books

Times Argus 25 Mar 2023

The survivors of school shootings will soon be running for state or congressional offices — as will young men and women who will insist upon personal autonomy — as will children who today can’t find “Beloved” or “Huckleberry Finn” in their school libraries, and whose teachers ...

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Record number of books targeted in complaints last year, library association says

Tyler Morning Telegraph 24 Mar 2023

A record number of books received objections in the U.S ... Many challenges came from conservatives, with those complaints including Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” and The New York Times’ slavery-focused “The 1619 Project.” Liberal objections included Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” due to racist wording in the text, she said ... ——— ... ....

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Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says

The Bradford Era 24 Mar 2023

“The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing.” ... Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language — notably Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” — but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTQIA+ or racial themes ... ....

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Banned book attempts hit record high in 2022, nearly double last year, says library org

Oakridger 24 Mar 2023

'Can’t take these freedoms for granted' ... speak up ... Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language — notably Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTIQA+ or racial themes ... ....

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Thur. 8:30 a.m: Library association reports record book ban attempts in 2022

The Vindicator 24 Mar 2023

Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language — notably Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” — but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTIQA+ or racial themes ... In Florida, where Gov ... Some books do come back ... .

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Book-banning attempts see sharp increase in ’22

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 24 Mar 2023

The analysis offers a snapshot of the spike in censorship but most likely fails to capture the magnitude of bans ... Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language -- notably Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" -- but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives ... .

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US saw record book-banning efforts in 2022, library group says

Al Jazeera 23 Mar 2023

“The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing.” ... Caldwell-Stone said some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language, notably Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTQ or racial themes ... .

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Library association reports record book ban attempts in 2022

Times Union 23 Mar 2023

“The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing.” ... Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language — notably Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” — but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTIQA+ or racial themes ... .