Book banning in South Carolina : [typescript] ; 2000 Feb 21.

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Book banning in South Carolina : [typescript] ; 2000 Feb 21.

Review of historical and contemporary censorship movements in South Carolina, focusing on attempts in Richland County public schools to ban Harry Potter series and suppress books dealing with controversial issues of race, language, and related concerns; other topics addressed include Pat Conroy's involvement in debate over censorship of his work during 1980's; and potential of enforced Internet filtering on publicly accessed computers.

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Barron, Lynn S.

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Conroy, Patricia

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Pat Conroy was born on October 26, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia, to a young career military officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, whom Pat often credits for his love of language. He was the first of seven children. His father was a violent and abusive man, a man whose biggest mistake, Conroy once said, was allowing a novelist to grow up in his home. Since his family had to move many times to different military bases around the South, Conroy changed schools frequently, finally att...

Rowling, J. K., 1965-

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J. K. Rowling(b. July 31, 1965, Yate, England) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and producer who is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. They have also been the basis for a film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series....

Loblolly Society (Columbia, S.C.)

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