ST. LOUIS — Banned no more: "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison will be allowed in libraries in Wentzville schools. The Wentzville School District Board of Education held a special meeting Friday ...

WENTZVILLE, Mo. — Judging a book by its news coverage, you'd think Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" is controversial. It was most recently removed from Wentzville schools. But there’s much more to the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stunned librarians, parents and booksellers are speaking out against the censorship of a book banned in a St. Louis-area school ...

“The Bluest Eye,” Toni Morrison’s 1970 look at the aftermath of slavery (and by proxy, colorism) and gendered disregard on an impoverished, 1940s Midwest, is hard for White Americans to digest. It was ...

In front of a room packed with parents and community members, the Bonita Unified school board voted late Wednesday, June 28, to keep “The Bluest Eye” on library shelves. The discussion lasted more ...

Capping off a season that saw a robust return to live theater, the Boston Theater Critics Association today announced the nominees for the 39 th Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The Huntington Theatre ...

Toni Morrison’s debut novel, The Bluest Eye, examines what happens when a young girl internalizes the external forces of racism. It tells the tale of 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove. The young black girl ...

LAKELAND — Two book review panels voted last week to keep Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and Ellen Hopkins’ “Tricks” in public high school libraries after a local conservative group complained that ...

In a message this week, Nixa Public Schools notified parents that a total of 10 books have been restricted this year in school libraries. The list includes well-known, and in some cases award-winning, ...

Kuna school board trustees extended the interim superintendent’s contract, canceled school on Election Day and rejected a library book challenge. The contract decision came after a months-long search ...

If it feels like more and more books are being banned in schools, it could be because challenges to books in schools and libraries are on the rise. In a unanimous vote this month, a school board in ...