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Charleston Textbook Controversy Spurs Violence and Debate
In Kanawha County West Virginia clashes over modern schoolbooks escalate with firebombings and injuries as protesters attack the use of controversial writers and morality focused texts. The dispute spreads beyond Charleston with states varying in approval and bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Kenneth Donelson
Arizona State University
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Scott Foreman Co
Houghton-Mifflin
McDougal, Littell Co
Webster McGraw-Hill
Allyn & Bacon Inc
Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich Inc
D.C. Heath
America
Eldridge Cleaves
LeRvi Jones
Yusav
Iman
Felix Polak
Malcolma
Lawrence Ferlinghet
Allen Ginsb2
Malcolm X
LeRoi Jones
Paul Sartre
Eldridge
San Francisco
Guar
Utah
Education
Carl Marburger
Cottonwood High School
Prince George’s County
Jersey
Lois Green
Bennington
Roanoke
Marburger
Kenneth Underwood
Kanawah County