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With the threat to intellectual freedom increasing around the country, this book takes a look at the first ever school book ban case to be decided by the high courts, and offers insights into how we can use history to help the future.
In 1975, the school board members of a small Long Island town did what they thought was a no-brainer: they ordered the removal of nine books from a high school library. The books included some classics – Richard Wrights Black Boy; Desmond Morriss The Naked Ape; Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse-Five – but that didnt matter to board chair Richard Ahrens, who called the collection anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and just plain filthy. Maybe he thought the town was with him. Maybe he thought nobody would care. He certainly didnt think he would be sued by seventeen-year-old Steven Pico or that the case would end up before the United States Supreme Court, the first and only book ban dispute ever to do so.
The only one so far. Recent years have seen a surge in book challenges, and it is only a matter of time before another reaches the high court. Island Trees v. Pico ended in a loss for the school board, but not a resounding one. It left enough daylight for the current justices to reach a different conclusion. What was the courts ruling? How did it come about? What was the book ban climate in the 1970s and 80s, and how did it differ from todays? Just Plain Filthy is the first book to tell the complete story of Island Trees v. Pico, the flawed yet fascinating case that is the cornerstone of intellectual freedom in America. For now.
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About the Author
Anthony Aycock is the legislative library director at the North Carolina General Assembly. He is a writer, teacher, and librarian. He is a regular reviewer for Booklist and Blue Ink Review, and a frequent contributor to Medium and Information Today. Aycock has also written for Slate, the Washington Post, Literary Hub, Reactor (formerly Tor.com), the Missouri Review, the Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, Creative Nonfiction, and other venues.
His first book, The Accidental Law Librarian, was released in 2013. In addition, he has spent 20+ years working in government, academic, and private law libraries, as well as teaching academic and creative writing. You can find him at www.anthonyaycock.com.
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