A Mississippi school district is removing To Kill A Mockingbird from its curriculum because it 'makes people uncomfortable'

Copies of To Kill A Mockingbird.
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A Mississippi school district has removed Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird from its eighth-grade curriculum because it "makes people uncomfortable." The book is a harrowing tale of racial injustice in a 1950's Southern town. James LaRue of the American Library Association objected to the removal, saying that the "classic" novel "makes us uncomfortable because it talks about things that matter."

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