Trend: Moms for Liberty
Moms for Liberty, founded in Florida in 2021, aims to 'unify, educate, and empower parents to defend their rights.' The group has been advocating for book bans in public and school libraries, often targeting books featuring characters who are people of color, queer, or transgender
Watch the video below to see how Moms for Liberty influenced one South Carolina school to temporarily pull 97 books off of their shelves.
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Trend: Targeting Historically Excluded Groups
In recent years, book bans and challenges have increasingly targeted books written by and featuring characters who are people of color, queer, and/or transgender.
The video below features an interview with two queer authors of color whose books have been challenged.
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