3 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Reason for challenges: racism, homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group
17 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, violence
31 Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Reason for challenges: homosexuality, sexually explicit
34 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language
36 Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Reason for challenges: racism, offensive language, violence
45 Beloved by Toni Morrison
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, violence
69 Native Son by Richard Wright
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, violence
73 The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language
78 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, occult
84 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Reason for challenges: racism, sexually explicit, offensive language
85 Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language
1Out of 5,711 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, as compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.
“Authors of Color,” American Library Association, July 24, 2006.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedauthors/authorsofcolor/index.cfm (Accessed September 30, 2010)
Document ID: 127379
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