Nashville Public Library has launched a campaign for 'Freedom to Read' as book banning puts Tennessee in the national spotlight.
Nashville Public Library is responding to library scrutiny in Tennessee with a goal to distribute 5,000 "I read banned books" library cards this month.
"I want Nashvillians to know: Nashville Public Library will always respect your Freedom to Read — to independently determine what you read, and don’t read, and to exercise your role in determining what your children read," library Director Kent Oliver said in a news release.Gov. Bill Lee said this week he plans to sign a bill that would let a politically appointed panel remove books from public school libraries statewide through a new veto power over local school board decisions.
The library's online catalog offers the American Library Association's top 25 books that have been banned or challenged for potential banning across the country recently, with electronic versions available for people who can't reach the physical library. The includes the seven books in the Harry Potter series and "To Kill a Mockingbird." The Nashville library card is free. The campaign ends May 26.Book banning put Tennessee in the national spotlight recently after a rural school board in McMinn County voted unanimously to remove "Maus," a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, from the district’s curriculum.
This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles, California on January 27, 2022 shows a person holding the graphic novel"Maus" by Art Spiegelman. In April, the
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