Mississippi students allowed to read To Kill a Mockingbird – with a parent's note

Biloxi officials had pulled novel from lesson plan for junior high studentsParents complained that language in the book ‘makes people uncomfortable’Junior high school students in Biloxi, Mississippi will be allowed after all to read To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel of race and racism in the American south as part of their regular study – but only with permission from a parent. Related: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee taken off Mississippi school reading list Continue reading…
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