A panel discussion titled "'Anti-Wokeness' and the First Amendment: The Meaning of Free Speech for Schools and Libraries," as part of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 32nd annual Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference at the State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta, detailed how some states’ desires to control what is taught in public schools and colleges and what books are included in public libraries have pushed legislators to pass laws that have been challenged in court.
February 27, 2023 at 06:26 PM
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The war over free speech in America’s public schools and libraries is being waged today by groups that include students, parents, teachers, professors, legislators, lawyers and judges.
As panelists at a recent conference said, some states’ desires to control what is taught in public schools and colleges, and what books are included in public libraries, have pushed legislators to pass laws that have been challenged in court.
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Moderator Frank LoMonte (right), legal counsel for CNN in Atlanta, speaks as John Mack Freeman (from left), president-elect of the Georgia Library Association; Ling-Ling Nie, deputy general counsel, chief compliance officer and head of government affairs at Aura; Scott McCoy, interim deputy legal director for LGBTQ rights and special litigation at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Miami office; and Jennifer Rippner, lecturer at Indiana University; look on during the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 32nd annual Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference at the State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta. (Photo: Everett Catts/ALM)
