Texas History Museum Cancels Book Talk on ‘Forget the Alamo’ Book
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin this week canceled a book conversation with co-authors of Forget the Alamo, a book that re-examines a critical moment in… More
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1 person filed a complaint.
District formed a committee.
Committee voted unanimously to keep the book.
School board didn't like the committee's decision.
So now they've just... overridden it.
This is book banning.
This is Keller ISD.
This is America. https://www.jta.org/2022/08/16/united-states/texas-school-district-orders-librarians-to-remove-a-version-of-anne-franks-diary-from-shelves?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=JTA_Twitter