A wide-ranging ban on books in a southern Pennsylvania school district has been reversed following widespread protests and criticism.
The ban, which was implemented last October by the Central York school board, focused almost entirely on titles by or about people of color, with a lengthy list of works by acclaimed authors including Jacqueline Woodson, Ileoma Oluo and Ibram X Kendi all prohibited. Teachers were informed that titles including Malala Yousafzai's autobiography and children's books about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr were also banned, along with articles and videos, including a documentary about the writing of James Baldwin.
The ban, which was implemented last October by the Central York school board, focused almost entirely on titles by or about people of color, with a lengthy list of works by acclaimed authors including Jacqueline Woodson, Ileoma Oluo and Ibram X Kendi all prohibited. Teachers were informed that titles including Malala Yousafzai's autobiography and children's books about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr were also banned, along with articles and videos, including a documentary about the writing of James Baldwin.