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The rise in censorship in American schools (1992 interview) | Fresh Air
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22:19Now PlayingProfessor of English Joan DelFattore at the University of Delaware wrote the book "What Johnny Shouldn't Read," in which she examines several of the more publicized Federal court cases of the 1980s involving attempts to censor schoolbooks, looking at the resulting impact on publishers and on state education officials. She looks at efforts of both the right and the left to influence curricula.
This interview originally aired September 8, 1992.
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