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Political Factoid
Republicans in red states
are working to ban lots
of books from public
schools and libraries,
including these examples:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- 1984
- The Catcher in the Rye*
- Roots: The Saga of an
American Family**
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Joseph Heller's satirical novel which
is set during World War II,
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in which author Alex Haley tells the
story of Kunta Kinte, an African teen
sold into slavery in the U.S., and his
descendants.
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