Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated April 1, 2024
In what might be a case of good intentions gone wrong, bills fighting against book bans might come with a potential unintended consequence: library penalties.
The American Library Association (ALA) released a new report last week revealing that “[t]he number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA).
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