(Listed in alphabetical order)
1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, 1884
The first ban of Mark Twain’s American classic occurred in Concord, MA in 1885. Twain’s book is one of the most-challenged of all time and is frequently challenged today because of its “racial insensitivity,” and because it “perpetuates racism.” Other books with similar challenges based on racial issues include Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell, 1936), and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852).
2. Beloved, Toni Morrison, 1987
This Pulitzer-prize winning novel by one of the most influential African-American writers is assigned to many high school English students. Again and again, parental complaints are lodged against the book because of its violence, sexual content and discussion of bestiality.
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