Last October, the all-white school board of the Central York School District in York, Pennsylvania, unanimously banned a list of educational resources. The books included on this list are Worth Noting.

Links:

List of diversity resources banned in Central York schools (accessed September 22, 2021)

Equity Book Resource List (accessed September 22, 2021)

Sources consulted:

“STUDENTS PROTEST BOOK BANS IN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICT’” (Book Riot, September 9, 2021)

“SCHOOL DISTRICT MAINTAINS BAN OF ANTIRACIST BOOKS DESPITE STUDENT PROTESTS’” (Book Riot, September 15, 2021)

“School district bans books on Rosa Parks and Malala. Now students want answers’” (CNN, September 16, 2021)

“Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community divided’” (CNN, September 16, 2021)

“Central York school board votes unanimously to rescind book ban: ‘It has taken far too long’” (York Daily Record, September 20, 2021)

“Central York School District reverses diversity book ban’” (Fox 43, September 20, 2021)

“In Central York, kids rose up to save books on MLK, Rosa Parks from their parents | Will Bunch Newsletter’” (The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 2021)