A Shelby County middle school removed a book about the Black Lives Matter movement in 2022 after a local father complained.
Daniel Hill considers his effort, one of only two book complaints the district tallied since 2021, a victory, but says there are other books he’d also like to take out of his daughter’s school library.
So far, while Alabama has followed other states in trying to limit discussion of critical race theory, LGBTQ issues and other “divisive concepts” in school, the state has not tried to enact explicit book bans.
