The bluest eye amazon6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Last year, an Escambia County high school teacher challenged 116 books available in school district libraries over what she characterized as "explicit sexual content, graphic language, themes, vulgarity and political pushes." The plaintiffs say the lawsuit is the first of its kind in addressing a new nationwide wave of conservative-led efforts to ban books from schools and libraries that activists say are sexually explicit or otherwise inappropriate for young readers. Joining the suit are five authors whose books have been challenged and two parents of students currently attending an elementary school in the district, which includes the city of Pensacola. Leading the suit is the writers' advocacy group PEN America and Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the U.S. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges that school officials acted in defiance of existing policies and a review board's recommendations when they removed books, and that the removals have disproportionately affected books that address racism and LGBTQ relationships. Over the past year, officials in western Florida's Escambia County have banned more than a dozen books in the county school district's libraries and classrooms in response to a wave of challenges by conservative teachers and parents. ![]() ![]() A new federal lawsuit alleges that recent decisions by officials in a Florida county to ban and restrict access to books in school libraries violates constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection under the law. ![]()
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