The Anatomy of a Book Ban

This Banned Books Week, The Arena breaks down the data and behind-the-scenes information about how this censorship occurs and its impacts.

With little publicity, school officials removed 97 books from the shelves in Beaufort County schools in October 2022. What occurred over the next year and a half was the focus of a full-length documentary entitled “Banned Together,” which The Arena has covered extensively. The key takeaways for viewers are understanding what a book ban is, how it occurs…