Florida last year became the first in a wave of red states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornographic, deal improperly with racial issues or in other ways be inappropriate.
Amanda Gorman's poem, “The Hill We Climb” was challenged by the parent of two students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, along with several books.
Publisher Penguin Random House and PEN America have sued the Escambia County School District over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities.