Battles over book bans reflect conflicts from the 1980s
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A scholar compares the debates over banning books in school today to a similar clash of ideas that took place during the Reagan era.
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1990s Beirut: Al-Mulhaq, Memory, and the Defeat - Journal #97
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How new state laws and book ban movements have made…
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Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts From The 1980s - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Book banning isn't a 'culture war
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 by Antony Beevor
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Commentary – New Hampshire Bulletin
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Battles over book bans reflect conflicts from the 1980s
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Knowledge in the Blood: Confronting Race and the Apartheid Past: Jansen, Jonathan: 9780804761956: : Books
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Here are the top 10 books people wanted removed from schools and libraries in 2020
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Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts From The 1980s - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Water is for Fighting Over
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Battles over book bans reflect conflicts from the 1980s
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50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History by William Weir
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