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Nashville Public Library is rejecting censorship efforts that have cropped up around the state and the nation.


"The Nashville Public Library (NPL) launched a campaign celebrating the "freedom to read,” a rebuttal to state legislators' efforts to make it easier to ban books in schools.

  • A limited-edition library card proclaims "I read banned books" as part of the library's drive to distribute 5,000 new cards in one month.
  • Both new and existing cardholders can pick up one of the limited-edition cards at any library branch through May 26.
"'I want Nashvillians to know: Nashville Public Library will always respect your freedom to read — to independently determine what you read, and don’t read, and to exercise your role in determining what your children read,' NPL director Kent Oliver".

Article: Nashville Library Releases "I Read Banned Books" Card.