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A People's History of the United States

By Howard Zinn

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Lies My Teacher Told Me

By James W. Loewen

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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia

By Erika Lee

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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America

By Brion McClanahan

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The American Story

By David M. Rubenstein

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The Penguin History of the USA

By Hugh Brogan

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Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary

By A. Naomi Paik

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Tales of Two Americas

By John Freeman (Editor)

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Diversity Delusion

By Heather Mac Donald

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American Intolerance

By Anja Reumschüssel

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One Mighty and Irresistible Tide

By Jia Lynn Yang

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American Marxism

By Mark R. Levin

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Caste

By Isabel Wilkerson

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Secret and Suppressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden History

By Jim Keith

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Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

By Howard Zinn

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American History | World History


Articles About Banning and Challenging Books

News, Blogs, and Academic Sources

"The little-known history of banned books in the United States" (Reading Partners)
"Banned Indigenous Authors" By Holly Eberle (Intellectual Freedom Blog)
"Texas schools remove children's books branded 'critical race theory'" (Reuters)
"The new white flight: banning books that reveal uncomfortable truths" By Gretchen Eick (Kansas Reflector)
"America’s book banning fever is approaching Fahrenheit 451" By Charlie Connelly (The New European)
"How Books Became a Critical Part of the Fight to Win World War II" By Joanna Scutts (Smithsonian Magazine)
"The New Censorship" By Neal Pollack (Book and Film Globe)
"Book banning isn’t about protecting children; it’s adult political posturing" By Kathie Obradovich (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
"Intellectual Freedom: Research Guide" (Wayne State University)
"The Long History of Censorship" By Mette Newth (Beacon for Freedom)
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