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EPISODE · Oct 9, 2022 · 57 MIN

Will extremists ban YOUR favorite books, next?

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

Librarian Suzette Baker refused to ban books on racial and LGBTQ issues. So, as she recounts in this moving episode, 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 describes how she organized supporters to rally against censorship, and won.  

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