Duval County, Florida has removed books about Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente from schools

[Superbadbrutha]

Books aimed at teaching children about how Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente overcame racism to become both baseball and American icons were removed from schools in Duvall County, Florida for "review" early in 2022, and Pen America says they are among 176 flagged titles that have "been kept in storage with little indication of when they might return to classrooms."

"Henry Aaron's Dream" was published in 2010, with the book dealing with the following themes, according to Amazon:

"Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ballplayer in the major leagues. But none of this could stop him."
Meanwhile, "Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates" is also being reviewed. This book was published in 2005 and written by Jonah Winter. The book on Clemente -- who Major League Baseball named an annual good guy award after -- has the following synopsis:

MSN

www.msn.com

This is what the Republican Party has become in 2023.

Hide the truth at all cost.

 

[occupied]

Fascists always feel threatened by books.

 

[whitehall]

Why does an op-ed by someone named Tim Kelly regarding a library "review" in Florida send lefties into hysteria? Maybe the library reviewed Mark Train and Ernest Hemmingway also. We won't know because Tim Kelly has an agenda and lefties are desperate to play the race card if it detracts attention from the half a dozen scandals related to the Biden administration.

 

[odanny]

How long before they start burning them in front of the cameras?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Soon there won't be anything left to read.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Then again, how many people on this planet still read books and how many of them are young enough to be in school these days?

 

[scruffy]

Books aimed at teaching children about how Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente overcame racism to become both baseball and American icons were removed from schools in Duvall County, Florida for "review" early in 2022, and Pen America says they are among 176 flagged titles that have "been kept in storage with little indication of when they might return to classrooms."

"Henry Aaron's Dream" was published in 2010, with the book dealing with the following themes, according to Amazon:

"Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ballplayer in the major leagues. But none of this could stop him."
Meanwhile, "Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates" is also being reviewed. This book was published in 2005 and written by Jonah Winter. The book on Clemente -- who Major League Baseball named an annual good guy award after -- has the following synopsis:

MSN

www.msn.com

This is what the Republican Party has become in 2023.

Hide the truth at all cost.

Both great players.

Weird stuff. Are we sure this is political? Not some other reason?

 

[dudmuck]

Books aimed at teaching children about how Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente overcame racism to become both baseball and American icons were removed from schools in Duvall County, Florida for "review" early in 2022, and Pen America says they are among 176 flagged titles that have "been kept in storage with little indication of when they might return to classrooms."

"Henry Aaron's Dream" was published in 2010, with the book dealing with the following themes, according to Amazon:

"Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ballplayer in the major leagues. But none of this could stop him."
Meanwhile, "Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates" is also being reviewed. This book was published in 2005 and written by Jonah Winter. The book on Clemente -- who Major League Baseball named an annual good guy award after -- has the following synopsis:

MSN

www.msn.com

This is what the Republican Party has become in 2023.

Hide the truth at all cost.