These books were banned by local boards of education, not by the US as a whole; except. In the case of Uncle Tom's Cabin, when the US was not 'as a whole' itself! I don't think there ever has been a book in the US that the US government has banned.
For those of you who may not know, boards of education are run at the township level, and I believe roll up to a state level. There isn't much that's mandated at a national level.
As to the title of the article, this could have easily been made clearer by changing 'have been' to 'were once'. The point of writing, above all else, should be clarity! What's the point of writing if you're not properly understood?
For those of you who may not know, boards of education are run at the township level, and I believe roll up to a state level. There isn't much that's mandated at a national level.
As to the title of the article, this could have easily been made clearer by changing 'have been' to 'were once'. The point of writing, above all else, should be clarity! What's the point of writing if you're not properly understood?