Book bans are down in Florida but the fight over censorship remains, advocate group says
Book censorship appears to be slowing down this year, according to a new report by the American Library Association (ALA).
Florida’s numbers fit into a large national trend that show fewer books being challenged so far this year, though the numbers are still significantly higher than pre-2020, advocates said.
People filed 13 petitions to contest 80 total titles — including several classic books — between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 in Florida school and public libraries, the ALA said.
During the same time period in 2023, ALA reported 852 titles were contested in Florida.
The real question: Why are the numbers down?
It’s hard to know, according to Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALA’s Office f...
