How book banning is spreading across America, Part 1 / FROM THE ARCHIVE

from TWO REPORTERS · host David K. Shipler & Daniel Zwerdling

You've heard that it's happening - and now two librarians tell us in this moving episode how they became targets of extremists. When Suzette Baker refused to ban books on racial and LGBTQ issues, right-wing parents and local officials in Texas got her fired. Meanwhile, librarian Martha Hickson was fighting her own battle against censorship, 2000 miles away in New Jersey - but she managed to organize supporters to rally against censorship. And they won.

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