~ Milton, John (1644). Areopagitica, A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing to the Parliament of England
Bonfire of the vanities
Book Burnings
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A member of the SA throws confiscated books into the bonfire during the public burning of "un-German" books on the Opernplatz in Berlin. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Kanawha County Textbook Controversy
This violent 1974 clash over textbooks in West Virginia prepped the nation for a New Right movement: Shooting at buses, striking miners, and the KKK Timeline
Two women in Ku Klux Klan robes and a cross which was burned at a rally in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1975. The Klan had pledged to unite anti-textbook forces in Kanawha County. (AP Photo)
Learn more about the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy at West Virginia Books Challenges
Photos: Tyler Salinas
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