administrators have made hasty decisions school board members have jumped to conclusions based on out of context excerpts and librarians scrambled to play catch up to fight for our students rights. when books are removed communities lose the voice that that book represents. measuring the damage of lost voices is daunting and longitudinal we can measure the soaring rates of mental health disorders and adolescents many can directly correlate the teen mental health crisis to feelings of discontent loneliness and a lack of belonging. these are exactly the feelings that arise when we believe we are alone in what we are experiencing and these feelings can be especially brutal and and isolating and adolescence. the ability to learn about an appreciate the diversity of the human experience perspective and opinions is crucial to gaining a sense of belonging. we can gain this ability through our access to books and other resources. this is why a singular reaction to a book should never
the latest news about the publishing industry with interesting insider interviews with publishing industry experts will also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books the latest book reviews and we ll talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span s book tv. we are here because books have been questioned challenged and banned at record rates the school year and their students watching from near and far. in fact, i ve brought some of them with me as support in notes that they have given to me. administrators have made hasty decisions school board members have jumped to conclusions based on out of context excerpts and librarians scrambled to play catch up to fight for our students rights. when books are removed communities lose the voice that that book represents. measuring the damage of lost voices is daunting and longitudinal we can measure the soaring rates of mental health disorders and adolescents many can directly correlate the teen mental healt
coercion trying to limit those in the free world or open societies to have discussions like this. of china have their way we would not have this discussion if they wanted to they could come after you and me. all of ts participating. we re in the middle of votes. so there s going to be a little bit back and forth in classic congressional style in in a very happy to be here with the wonderful ranking member of this committee, ms. nancy mace. in 1943 in west virginia versus burnet the supreme court struck down compulsory flag salutes as a violation of the first amendment stating if there s any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it s that no official no matter how higher petty shall prescribe what shall be worthodox and matters of politics religion nationalism or other matters of opinion or for citizens to confess by word or act their faith. they re in then in 1969 in the case called tinker versus des moines school district, which struck down mary beth tinker suspens
subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties held a hearing on attempts to ban books in k through 12 school libraries and curriculums witnesses include high school students school employees and civil rights activists. ruby bridges beginning now on book tv portions of this hearing good morning. thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us today. thanks to all of the members participating. we re in the middle of votes. so there s going to be a little bit back and forth in classic congressional style in in a very happy to be here with the wonderful ranking member of this committee, ms. nancy mace. in 1943 in west virginia versus burnet the supreme court struck down compulsory flag salutes as a violation of the first amendment stating if there s any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it s that no official no matter how higher petty shall prescribe what shall be worthodox and matters of politics religion nationalism or other matters of opinion or for citizens
administrators have made hasty decisions school board members have jumped to conclusions based on out of context excerpts and librarians scrambled to play catch up to fight for our students rights. when books are removed communities lose the voice that that book represents. measuring the damage of lost voices is daunting and longitudinal we can measure the soaring rates of mental health disorders and adolescents many can directly correlate the teen mental health crisis to feelings of discontent loneliness and a lack of belonging. these are exactly the feelings that arise when we believe we are alone in what we are experiencing and these feelings can be especially brutal and and isolating and adolescence. the ability to learn about an appreciate the diversity of the human experience perspective and opinions is crucial to gaining a sense of belonging. we can gain this ability through our access to books and other resources. this is why a singular reaction to a book should never