Of the nonfiction books banned, including historical titles and biographies, 44% featured people of color, with 26% of these titles specifically centering Black people. Stock image of a pile of books.

Most of these groups have sprung up since 2021, when the current wave of objecting to books about LGBTQ people and people of color first started. During the 2021-22 school year, ...

PEN America and other advocates claim that the growing book-banning movement is meant to erase narratives by and about LGBTQ people and people of color while whitewashing American history ...

About 55% of challenges were for books about people of color, such as "The Hate U Give" and "The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie.

The books often feature stories of LGBTQ people and people of color, and parents challenging them have often decried them as obscene or even pornographic and not appropriate material for children.

Children’s book publisher Scholastic has reversed its decision to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of ...

That includes books by and about LGBTQ+ people, women, and people of color. Related. Most book ban requests are coming from organizations & officials. They’re targeting LGBTQ+ authors.

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A study at the University of Colorado found that the majority of books banned by U.S. school districts during the 2021-22 school year were children’s books, and most were by authors of color. As ...