UPDATE September 25, 2013 School Board Votes to Return ‘Invisible Man’ to School Library Bookshelves (via The Courier-Tribune)
UPDATE September 23, 2013 NC School Board to Reconsider Ban on Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ (via School Library Journal)
High school students in Randolph County Schools in North Carolina may no longer access Ralph Ellison’s classic novel Invisible Man (Random House, 1952) in their school libraries following a vote on Monday by the local board of education to remove it from shelves,the local Times-News reports.
The school board voted 5-2 to remove the book after committees at the school and district level recommended keeping the book on the shelves.
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