Kansas City Public Library Celebrates Banned Books Week Amid Censorship Threat

Here's a quick look at local free speech defiance along with the over-exaggerated fear that the po-po have time to police reading material . . .

"This week, for Banned Books Week the Kansas City Public Library is hammering home that point with a banner below the books showing the row in miniature with a red x over each one that has been banned or challenged somewhere in the world. People passing by are taking notice."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Downtown library reimagined for Banned Books Week

If you've ever passed by the giant bookshelf painted on the Kansas City Public Library's downtown parking garage, you know it's a collection of classics. You might not know that a third of the featured books have been challenged or banned at one time or another.

In related news here's a dramatic story wherein NOTHING really happened . . .

"The visits from law enforcement didn’t result in any actions, but they highlight the potential stakes of Missouri’s new law criminalizing certain books in schools."

Check-it . . .

School librarian recalls 'surreal' police visits over books months before new Missouri law

Last fall, at school board meetings across the country, parents who were upset about COVID-19 precautions began to speak out about another grievance - school library books. In the St. Louis region, groups of parents went to board meetings to read aloud passages they said were sexually explicit, calling the books "criminal."

You decide . . .

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