“Banning books and burning books are the same.”
Book banning has been around for centuries. In fact, the first book ban in the United States is said to haveWhether due to religious extremism or political views from the opposite side of the aisle, certain books have been the target of book banners for decades.from schools and libraries has become even more common practice, with 2022 setting record highs for book banning and challenging attempts in schools and libraries across the nation.
While book banning might be the hot topic of the moment, for Florida residents like 100-year-old Grace Linn, this has been a years long battle.Martin County School Board meeting“I am Grace Linn. I am 100 years young,” the centenarian said. “I'm here to protest our schools' district book-banning policy.”
She went on to explain that her husband, Robert Nickel, was a World War II veteran, killed in action at just 26 years old. “One of the freedoms that the Nazis crushed was the freedom to read the books they'd banned,” she said. “They stopped the free press, banned and burned books.” She went on to say that reading whatever material a person wants is an essential right guaranteed by the First Amendment. However, there are people “who think they hold the truth” working to remove those rights.Linn then shared a quilt that she made last year with each square representing a stack of books with titles of books that have been banned and targeted, including
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