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Book Banning in Texas Public Schools

Collected by: San Jose State University, School of Information

Archived since: Aug, 2022

Description:

This collection is centered on the recent efforts in the state of Texas to limit public school students’ access to books, and ideas more broadly, that touch on issues of race and sexuality. This collection includes PDFs and media articles surrounding this topic.

Subject:   Society & Culture Universities & Libraries Government - US States High school libraries.,  Elementary school libraries. ,  Texas. School libraries--United States. Intellectual freedom. Challenged books. School libraries--Texas. School libraries--Texas--Congresses. School libraries. Libraries--Censorship. Censorship.

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Title: Krause Booklist

URL: https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/94fee7ff93eff9609f141433e41f8ae1/krausebooklist.pdf?_ga=2.11573559.2091958781.1635513476-272773625.1635513476

Description: PDF file of Representative Matt Krause's list of books that he believes"might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex" (source: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-matt-krause-launches-inquiry-into-850-books)

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Subject:   Censorship. Libraries--Censorship. School libraries. School libraries--Texas--Book lists. Challenged books. High school libraries.,  Elementary school libraries. ,  Texas.

Title: Texas has banned more books than any other state, new report shows

URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/19/texas-book-bans/?utm_source=articleshare&utm_medium=social

Description: This article discusses the state of Texas as leading in book bans in school libraries in regard to other US States. The article also discusses that "Across the country, more books have been challenged and removed as religious and conservative groups target LGBTQ and race issues."

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Subject:   Libraries--Censorship. Censorship. School libraries. School libraries--Texas--Congresses. School libraries--Texas. Challenged books. School libraries--United States.,  Elementary school libraries. ,  Texas. High school libraries.

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