With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves
A Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
Knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression.

The detail about knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression is something people should sit with.
When you look at with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library, the implications are hard to ignore.
Considering a Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The fact that with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library really puts things into perspective.
The detail about with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library is something people should sit with.
The fact that a Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade really puts things into perspective.
Think about it: with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library. That speaks volumes.
Alex Haley has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Basically a Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
When you look at knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression, the implications are hard to ignore.
Basically with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The fact that knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression really puts things into perspective.
Considering knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
On one hand with third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library. But at the same time a Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
What stands out is knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression. That is the part worth paying attention to.