Tag: Invisible Man
Let Students Learn: Our Response to the Removal of Classic Novels from Mat-Su School Curriculum
When school boards deny students the ability to read and engage with literature that depicts the range of human experience on the vague grounds of “controversy,” they diminish their students’ educational experience and disparage the constitutional values of free thought.
“Invisible Man” made visible again by NC school board
Today, in a 6-1 vote, the Randolph County, NC Board of Education voted to rescind its recently enacted ban on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. The original vote to remove it […]
Responding to the “Invisible Man” Challenge and Ban in North Carolina
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has sent a letter to the Board of Education of Randolph County, NC, concerning its recent ban of Ralph Ellison’s classic Invisible Man from school library […]