ZhiZhu on Nostr: "the #banning of #books, #magazines, #newspapers and #music, the outlawing of the ...

"the #banning of #books, #magazines, #newspapers and #music, the outlawing of the #freedom to read and write and listen, the censoring of educational materials while criminalizing educators and librarians, and repressing speech — have roots in the anti-literacy laws of colonial slaveholding #America...

anyone found guilty of attempting “to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read or write,” would be fined $250 to $500."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/21/prison-censorship-slavery-deborah-plant/

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