10 Tweets About Book Bans That Will Make You Think

Celebrating this Juneteenth? Use these helpful tweets from the black community to keep updated on book bans hurting education. Help save banned books!

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As Juneteenth gets closer, it’s important to recognize the book bans we’re still fighting against! Book bans are on the rise, as an Inauguration poem by Amanda Gorman was banned in a public school in Florida. These bans change our education system. Here’s what a few readers and writers of the black community have tweeted about this ban, and other book bans throughout the country.

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TWEET VIA DARLYN21

This is just one of the many negative reactions after the banning of Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb.

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TWEET VIA NINATURNER

Nina Turner is an activist and teacher. She tweeted about her fears on book bans and its impact on black history.

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TWEET VIA AMODDDANIELS

One tweet discusses why these books are being banned and the harm it’s doing to education.

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TWEET VIA LAPOETAMARIPOSA

In celebration of both Puerto Rican pride and Juneteenth, some choose to bring attention to the banning of Puerto Rican books for children.

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TWEET VIA PENAMERICA

Some schools are promoting presentations on their Twitter. This helps the black voices involved reach larger audiences, along with protesting the book bans.

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TWEET VIA DFIOSA

Other tweets reflect on the history of book bans and how they’ve changed with time. Regardless of how they’re different, activists seek to stop them.

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TWEET VIA THEAMANDAGORMAN

Amanda Gorman tweets about the banning of her own book. Here, she brings up the strange ways her ban has been dealt with by schools.

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TWEET VIA PHILBILDNER

Students take to Twitter to show their protests against the book bans, supported by certain local schools.

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TWEET VIA JORTYNELSON87

Others acknowledge the cascading impact of banning books and what it means for the future of racism and education.

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TWEET VIA SSLIBFRIENDS

Ending on a more positive note, Illinois will likely be the first state to end book bans entirely. To which many on Twitter from all communities are incredibly excited about.


If you want to learn more about book bans, check out another Bookstr article discussing them here! Keep a lookout for the newest information on book bans in your area.

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