Purple Rage? A Book to Offend Almost Everyone
Both Beloved and Banned: Reviewing Alice Walker’s ‘The Color Purple’
If you’re interested in book banning, take note of 1982. The year witnessed not only the inaugural Banned Books Week but also the Supreme Court ruling in Island Trees v. Pico, in which the high court sided with students who sued their school district for removing books from their library. Then, as if to provide an ideal case study, 1982 further saw the …
