Kyle Harrison
to-read
They Came for the Schools
They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
- Author
- Mike Hixenbaugh
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 293
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Hixenbaugh reports the school-board fight in one Texas suburb as the template for a national campaign over what children are allowed to read and be taught.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by Bearded Reader / Adam (@beardedreaderadam) — “nonfiction books to radicalize your reading” — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@beardedreaderadam/video/7463695024874605870
Connections
- Education — the institution.
- Censorship — the mechanism.