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Edwards, Christie Lou – 1983
When parents called for the removal of certain classroom and library materials from the Mexico, Missouri, public schools in 1982, the Mexico Board of Education unanimously refused their request. After separate complaints about the magazine "Humanist," a film of Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery," as well as her book…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Censorship, Court Litigation
