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AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S STATEMENT SUPPORTING BOOK BANS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS
NEW YORK, NY, JANUARY 24, 2025 – Today, the Department of Education announced plans to dismiss eleven outstanding complaints against book bans, and to eliminate the position of Book Ban Coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This distortion of the intended work of the OCR–the protection of civil rights and students’ freedoms in our nation’s schools–is negligent, grossly un-American, and in direct conflict with freedom of speech, a bedrock right enshrined in the Constitution.
Authors Against Book Bans unequivocally stands against all such attempts at censorship and discrimination. We stand with families, students and educators across the country who exercise free speech every time they open a book, and with the 71% of Americans who are opposed to book bans. Book bans do not protect children; history teaches us that they are a terrifying step toward tyranny.
About Authors Against Book Bans
Launched in 2024, Authors Against Book Bans is the author, illustrator and creator wing of the fight against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. With more than 3000 members, the organization unequivocally supports the availability of diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. AABB pledges to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when voices are silenced, to go where bodies are needed, and to fight for the freedom to read. Learn more at AuthorsAgainstBookBans.com.