Interestingly, they have a list of banned books (1990 to 1999) written by POC authors: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedauthors/authorsofcolor
When I perused the list of banned books, I was really surprised at a couple. The Lord of the Rings? Really? Yep, burned as being satanic, despite the fact that Tolkien was a devout Christian. And the Call of the Wild by Jack London? REALLY? Are they kidding?
Sadly, no they're not. It seems that ignorance is bliss in some places.
The list of the most banned classics: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned
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