Ban This!, Patricia A. Jackson
Ban This!, Patricia A. Jackson
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Ban This!
How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won (and How You Can Too)

Author: Patricia A. Jackson, Ben Hodge, Olivia Pituch, Edha Gupta, Christina Ellis, Renee Ellis

Narrator: Angela Juarez, Curtis Michael Holland

Unabridged: 3 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/04/2025


Synopsis

Fighting Censorship: A Handbook for Pushing Back on Book Bans equips listeners with arguments against the common reasons that are given to ban books in schools and public libraries. In September 2021, the school board in York, Pennsylvania, voted to remove many books from school libraries in its community. The Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU) at Central York High School, comprised of four students and two advisors, successfully fought the ban by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness. In this book, the group takes on book banning and gives listeners actionable advice for how to fight back against book bans, speak out against censorship in their communities, and win the right to intellectual freedom.

About Patricia A. Jackson

Patricia A. Jackson is a twenty-nine-year veteran in education. She spent the first half of her career as an administrator and teacher in the School District of the City of York. The latter half has been teaching world literature and creative writing at Central York High School. A fierce LGBTQIA+ advocate, Ms. Jackson facilitates The Beautiful People, a student-run club that creates safe spaces for teens within the school community. When the school board voted to ban hundreds of books based on race and sexual orientation, she joined the Panther Anti-Racist Union as coadvisor to assist the successful fight to overturn that ruling. Her fantasy novel Forging a Nightmare debuted in November 2021.


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