Episode 37: Fighting Against Book Bans

Talking Liberties with the ACLU of Illinois by Talking Liberties with the ACLU of Illinois

Sep 20, 202200:37:39News & Politics

Efforts to ban books in public and school libraries across the country has more than doubled in the past year. In this episode we were joined by Deborah Stone-Caldwell, director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at t...

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