Book ban attempts in US libraries and schools hit record high in 2023: national library group
JURIST
MARCH 14, 2024
The American Library Association (ALA) announced on Thursday that censorship demands and book ban attempts in public libraries and schools hit a record high in 2023. The ALA documented 1,247 demands to ban 4,240 different books. This is a 65 percent increase from 2022 , when 2,571 books faced censorship demands.
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