Banned Books Week (October 1-7, 2023) is an opportunity to resist attempts to suppress books written by Black authors and diverse voices.
. Classroom wants to hear from educators and students being impacted by legislation attacking public education, higher education, gender, race and sexuality studies, activism and social justice in education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
, which won the 2021 National Book Award for fiction, sheds light on the recent surge in book banning. “You can’t spend 300 pages in someone’s head and hate them. It is hard to hate what you understand. As artists, I think we have to keep writing respectful, truthful literature. Dictators and strong men burn books because books have ideas and the power to change the world. I want to be a part of that change.”, is part of a collective of 1,300 authors who have called upon Congress to defend the richness of literature.
An “anti-woke” agenda has also emerged, aiming to suppress and censor discussions of Black history and silence the voices of Black writers and educators.—an opportunity to resist attempts to suppress books written by Black authors and diverse voices. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read, promotes titles that have been banned or restricted, and raises awareness about censorship.
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