Writers in defense of freedom of expression PEN America and Penguin Random House sue Florida school district. The plaintiffs denounce a violation of the First Amendment, which defends the autonomy of speech.
The complaint is joined by five authors of children's and young adult literature, as well as two parents whose children attend schools in Escambia. The list of those censored highlights Blue Eyes, debut novel by Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. It tells the story of a black girl who suffers a double marginalization.