Story doesn’t mention which titles were removed, and which were allowed back on the shelves. Or what the legal difference is between the two.
The quotes from the judges were telling though.
Different article:
Among the books ordered returned to the library shelves are “Caste: The Origins of our Discontent,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson, and “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group,” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. A book about a transgender teenager was also among the eight books ordered to remain on library shelves.
But I can’t find a list of all 8 or a list of the 17 books originally banned.
the ruling, https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50224-CV0.pdf, doesn’t list all the initially banned books, but has this:
Loosely grouped, those books are: • Seven “butt and fart” books, with titles like I Broke My Butt! and Larry the Farting Leprechaun; • Four young adult books touching on sexuality and homosexuality, such as Gabi, a Girl in Pieces; • Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen and Freakboy, both centering on gender identity and dysphoria; • Caste and They Called Themselves the K.K.K., two books about the history of racism in the United States; • Well-known picture book, In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, which contains cartoon drawings of a naked child; and • It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health.The books to be returned are:
a. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson; b. Called Themselves the K.K.K: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; c. Spinning by Tillie Walden; d. Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings; e. Shine by Lauren Myracle; f. Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle; g. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero; and h. Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them in an ongoing book banning controversy, a divided panel of three federal appeals court judges ruled Thursday.
The works ranged from children’s books to award-winning nonfiction, including “They Called Themselves the K.K.K: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group,” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; and “It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health,” by Robie Harris.
The ruling from Pitman, nominated to the federal court by former President Barack Obama, was on hold during the appeal.
The main opinion was by Judge Jacques Wiener, nominated to the court by former President George H. W. Bush.
He argued that some of the removals might stand a court test as the case progresses, noting that some of the books dealt more with “juvenile, flatulent humor” than weightier subjects.
“Imagine my surprise, then, to learn that my two esteemed colleagues have appointed themselves co-chairs of every public library board across the Fifth Circuit.”
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