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Surge of book removal requests turning Nebraska libraries into cultural battlegrounds
- Evelyn Mejia Flatwater Free Press
- Nov 13, 2023
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Christine Knust left her job as the librarian at Plattsmouth High School in May as the district grappled with a board member’s request to pull 49 books from the library. Knust, photographed at the South Omaha Library, now works as a teacher at Ralston Public Schools.
- Joseph Saaid, for the Flatwater Free Press
“The Black Flamingo” was one of 49 books that Plattsmouth school board member Terri Cunningham-Swanson requested the school pull from the library pending further review last spring. The coming-of-age novel centers on a mixed-race gay teen.
- Joseph Saaid, for the Flatwater Free Press
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Christine Knust planned to continue growing the journalism and yearbook program at Plattsmouth High School this year.
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Christine Knust left her job as the librarian at Plattsmouth High School in May as the district grappled with a board member’s request to pull 49 books from the library. Knust, photographed at the South Omaha Library, now works as a teacher at Ralston Public Schools.
- Joseph Saaid, for the Flatwater Free Press
“The Black Flamingo” was one of 49 books that Plattsmouth school board member Terri Cunningham-Swanson requested the school pull from the library pending further review last spring. The coming-of-age novel centers on a mixed-race gay teen.
- Joseph Saaid, for the Flatwater Free Press
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