PEORIA MAGAZINE July 2022

W O R D C O U N T

ON ‘CONTROVERSIAL’ BOOKS Where the Peoria Public Library stands

BY JENNIFER DAV IS

“The FREEDOM TO READ is essential to our democracy. It is under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove books from sale, to censor textbooks, to label ‘controversial’ books or authors, and to purge libraries.”

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