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New York Public Library: Best Books for Teens in 2025
Book review: ‘Ban This!’ a guide for resisters
BAN THIS! | Kirkus Reviews
Teachers and Students Share Anti-Censorship Strategies in New Book
Teacher Stories: Patricia A. Jackson & Ben Hodge
Ban This! Fighting Back Against Censorship with Patricia A. Jackson and Ben Hodge
Cover to Cover - PEN America

Important Resources

Student Banned Books Activism Resource Sheet
Student Banned Books Organizations Directory

Corruption Exposed

In Pennsylvania, Serpents and School Boards and the Independence Law Center, Again
Following secret meetings…
Far-right PAC met secretly

Support the Cause

PARU Battle Cry Video
YouTube: Central School Board Diss by Jay Herbz (Alumnus)
A Partial List of the Banned Materials

A New Direction and Generation

Central York students, teachers join coalition to stop censorship
Students at Central York join statewide battle against 'extremist' takeovers at schools

Why PARU Remains Vigilant

Central York graduates, teachers write guide on fighting book bans
Central York grads who protested school district's book ban plan to publish book
Ideologues bamboozled Central York School District. It's time for rational people to stand up
Teacher Remarks: Protecting the Right to Read in Pennsylvania :: September 19, 2023
A ban on book bans? Teachers, students call on PA lawmakers to make it happen
Illinois just became the very first state to ban book bans. Could Pennsylvania be next?
A complete history of the Central York School book ban
‘We weren’t being heard’: Teens fight for say in school book choices
Kindness and joy shared by teachers lift everyone [column]
Why Are So Many Teachers Leaving?
Central York superintendent, attorneys disagree over district's relationship with right-wing law firm
Who is the Independence Law Center, the group pushing school book bans and anti-LGBTQ+ policies?
Central York did the right thing with its banned books, but we still advise vigilance
Central York Supt. contacted lawyer with firm that advises on controversial school issues

CYSD’s Secret Book Banning

Joe Biden energizes educators as he kicks off re-election bid | NEA
Central York steps closer to addressing book ban, approves superintendent pay raise
CHALLENGER EXPOSED: On eve of considering book policy, Central York docs show school board candidate requested removals
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Central York High Schoolers Protest Book Bans (Again). Here's What They Have To Say.
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Central York Board Policy Committee alters book policy before first reading
Central York students react following meeting with administrators
Central York tried to intimidate book ban protesters, students say. They won't back down.
Gay people and people of color aren’t a threat. Education isn't indoctrination | Opinion - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Central York students, fed up over book ban, plan to issue administrators an ultimatum
Central York board members, students say banned books should return to library
'Why can't we have our own mind?': Central York speaks out on book ban
Central York is banning books again. There’s nothing ‘fictitious’ about it
(DISTRICT REFUTES) Central York’s school board will vote on updating its book review policy | WITF
EduPost: My Students Overturned a Book Ban, You Can Too
York Dispatch: Author calls ban a violent act
York Dispatch: More than year after book ban backlash, Central York quietly 'removes' novel from library
York Dispatch: 'I was floored': Central York activists to be honored by daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.

2020-22 PARU Book Ban Battle

Washington Post: When the National Culture Wars Come to Your School
Did a Pennsylvania School District Ban the Girls Who Code Books?
Culture wars take aim at STEM education
Yahoo: Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'
York Dispatch: Educator Speaks Out Against Mastriano’s Proposed Cuts
Waging Non-violence: Students and Teachers Staging Walkouts
EdWeek: These Teachers’ Books List Were Banned. And Their Students Fought Back
City of Asylum: Anatomy of a Failed Book Ban
Whyy: How A Book Ban Fight Changed One PA Community
2022 Books In Bloom Festival
Philly Inquirer: Forbidden Words
Philly Inquirer: Central York School District ranks PA near top of book banning
Philly Inquirer: New PA banning bills gets an F
Book and Film Globe: Classrooms Gone Wild
Philly Inquirer: Two high school students who fought a book ban and won
PARU’s Congressional Statement: Free Speech Is Under Attack-Book Banning and Academic Censorship
Washington Post: More books are banned than ever before
Not a Rocking Chair Librarian Podcast: Good Trouble With Central York Book Banned Club
York Dispatch: I can’t wait to continue learning
Report Banned Books to the American Library Association
Washington Post: These students helped overturn a book ban
Apple News: An all-white school board banned diverse book. Black students are still reading them.
Daily Beast: Furry Panic is the Latest Dumb GOP Attack
Guardian: US Conservative Parents Push for Book Ban and Make reading Cool Again
Yahoo: Central York Student Speaks on Panel Your Voice Really Does Matter
Medium: This School Board Really Banned “The Story of Rosa Parks’
ABC27: York County Libraries React to School Book Ban
YDR: LGBTQ Student at Central York Speak Out Against Ban
YD: Central York Student chosen as Seventeen Voice of the Year
Veronica Gemma Accused Central York of Modifying Diversity List
YD: Central York Has Bigger Issues Than Coloring Books
Outgoing Board Members Calls for Internal Investigation of the Book Ban
NPR: Two students who helped reverse the book ban
Family First Health Installing Diverse Author Library
YD: Politically Injected—School Board Race Heats Up
Publisher’s Weekly: Standing Up to Censorship
Times of India: PIO student-led stir reverses ban
YD: To Me It’s Very Racist
YD: Central York Unifies Behind Banned Books
The book ban was an embarrassment: A Central Grad
Central York Students Deserve to Learn America’s Real History
Go Erie: Bucks County Youth Must Rise UP to Defend Education
ACLU Podcast: Banned Books At Central and Students who Fought It
ABC: Central York Organizers Give Out Thousands of Books
YD: Lifting Central’s Ban On Diversity Materials Was the First Step
Publishers Weekly. ALA Kicks Off Banned Books Week
Teen Vogue: The Long, Complex History of Book Censorship
Pennsylvania Capital Star: Our Work Is Not Done
YD: Shortcomings of Central York School Board Run Deeper Than Politics
Freedom to Read: PBLC on Banned Books Week
MSNBC: Brad Meltzer ‘How the PA School Board Became Slaves to Fear’
CNN: Pennsylvania School Board Reverse Ban
Washington Post: PA School Ends Ban
Twitter: Governor Tom Wolf Comments on PARU
YouTube: Dr. Rashad-Students Fight Back Against Banning Rosa Parks
YDR: Central’s Ban Brings a Silver Lining
York Dispatch: When Is A Ban A Ban-Response to Jeff Piccola
Pennsylvania Kids Do Real Life “Footloose” Only With Books
The Guardian: CYSD Board Reverses Ban on Books by Authors of Colour
Yahoo!Life: High School Activists Reverse Book Ban
Phila Inquirer: Central York Students Rose Up to Save the Books
York Dispatch: Silencing Malala: Central Succeeds Where the Taliban Failed
Central York Again Draws Protesters
FOX News Refutes Legitimacy of Book Ban
YDR: Board Votes Unanimously to Reverse the Ban
ABC27: Board Reverses the Ban on Books
York Dispatch: We Have Heard You: Board Lifts the Ban on Books
Fox 43 Woman Adds Banned Books to Free Little Library
WITF: Central York Board Lifts Ban
FOX News Interviews Author Brad Meltzer
Demonstrators Rally Against Central York Ban
CNN: Students Fight Back Against Book Ban
CNN: Banning Books Is a Nasty Habit
YDR: Gupta Editorial: Student Speaks Out
York Dispatch: PEN America Slams CYSD Book Ban
York Dispatch: Central Grad Returns Diploma in Disgust
The Hill: Students Fight Back Against Book Ban
WGAL: Students Speak Out Against Book Ban
Pchawz White Guilt (TikTok)
Daily Mail: Pennsylvania Students Protest School Ban
YDR: Central York’s Banned Books Added to Free Little Library
Shakeybake on Fahrenheit 56 (TikTok)
Erie News Now: Students Fight Ban
HannahNannies (TikTok)
Mrs. Frazzled (TikTok)
Kait on TikTok
Book Riot 2: School District Maintains Ban
York Dispatch: How Do you Get Kids to Talk About Racism? Ask the Central York Board
York Dispatch: Central York School Board Dithers
CBS 21: Rallying Against Banned Books
(BOOK LIST) YDR: Central York School Board Declines to Reverse the Book Ban
YDR: Book Ban Spurs Protests
ABC 27: This is Wrong
York Dispatch: A Slap in the Face
York Dispatch: Central York Students Protest Book Ban (PHOTOS)
McCall: Afraid to Teach
WITF: Students Protect Ban on Anti-Racism Materials
Book Riot: Students Protest Book Ban in Pennsylvania District
Fox 43: Students at Central York High School Protest Book Ban
Nkechi Taifa Responds: Thanks for Banning My Books
York Dispatch: Central York Teachers Not Free to Teach
York Dispatch: Activist Shareef Hameed On the Book Ban