![]() ![]() In keeping with the event’s theme of “Erasing,” Cheryl W. in Millsaps’ McMullan Lecture Hall with Mississippi Today cartoonist Marshall Ramsey interviewing Rick Bragg, whose book “ All Over But the Shoutin’“ drew criticism and an effort to ban it. ![]() The Mississippi Banned Books Festival will kick off at 9 a.m. He took a step in courage and so must we.” She recalled the assassination of her father “60 years ago because he dared to become the first Black Mississippian to go on television and let the world know what was really happening in this state. This festival is taking a stand for truth for all.” “These books are being banned, because some people want to rewrite history and erase reality. “Some of the world’s greatest writers have come from Mississippi, so it only seems appropriate that we hold the state’s first-ever Banned Books Festival here,” Evers-Everette said. Reena Evers-Everette, executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute in Jackson, will co-host the event with Jerry Mitchell of the MCIR at Mississippi Today. Rowling, “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck and The Bible. The list of banned books across the nation continues to grow, including such treasured books as “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, “A Time to Kill” by John Grisham, the Harry Potter series by J.K. The theme of the event is “Erasing,” and the authors will talk about the dangerous trend of book banning, which has led some school districts to remove scores of library books from the shelves. The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today is sponsoring the event, along with the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, the Millsaps Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center, the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Mississippi ACLU and Lemuria Books. ![]() Angie Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Kiese Laymon, Rick Bragg and other noted authors will speak at the first Banned Books Festival in the state on March 25 at Millsaps College in Jackson. ![]()
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