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|confronting_bodies=Ralph Ellison, NC Randolph County School District | |confronting_bodies=Ralph Ellison, NC Randolph County School District | ||
|medium=Literature | |medium=Literature | ||
|date_of_action=September 2013 | |date_of_action=September 2013 | ||
|location=Randolph County, North Carolina | |location=Randolph County, North Carolina | ||
|description_of_content=Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison. | |description_of_content=Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison. | ||
|description_of_incident=Ralph Ellison's novel was one of the three suggested books to read for the summer for 11th grade students. It came under challenge when a mother of one of the students thought that the novel had too many sexual references and profane language, and a member of the Board of Education agreed that he did not find any literary value in the book. As a result, the Randolph County school board voted 5-2 to ban the book from school libraries in the county. | |description_of_incident=Ralph Ellison's novel was one of the three suggested books to read for the summer for 11th grade students. It came under challenge when a mother of one of the students thought that the novel had too many sexual references and profane language, and a member of the Board of Education agreed that he did not find any literary value in the book. As a result, the Randolph County school board voted 5-2 to ban the book from school libraries in the county. | ||
|description_of_result=On September 25th, the school board decided to lift the ban on the book. Invisible Man can now be found on shelves of Randolph County libraries. | |description_of_result=On September 25th, the school board decided to lift the ban on the book. Invisible Man can now be found on shelves of Randolph County libraries. | ||
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|source=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0926/Invisible-Man-ban-is-lifted-from-North-Carolina-school-district | |source=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0926/Invisible-Man-ban-is-lifted-from-North-Carolina-school-district | ||
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Revision as of 17:34, 7 February 2018
Artist: Ralph Ellison
Year: 2013
Date of Action: September 2013
Region: North America
Location: Randolph County, North Carolina
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Ralph Ellison, NC Randolph County School District
Description of Artwork: Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison.
The Incident: Ralph Ellison's novel was one of the three suggested books to read for the summer for 11th grade students. It came under challenge when a mother of one of the students thought that the novel had too many sexual references and profane language, and a member of the Board of Education agreed that he did not find any literary value in the book. As a result, the Randolph County school board voted 5-2 to ban the book from school libraries in the county.
Results of Incident: On September 25th, the school board decided to lift the ban on the book. Invisible Man can now be found on shelves of Randolph County libraries.
