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A Tennessee school district has voted to ban the Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'

The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously earlier this month to remove the book over foul language and an image of a nude woman.
The comic book artist Art Spiegelman poses on March 20, 2012 in Paris. A Tennessee school district has voted to ban Spiegelman's graphic novel about the Holocaust, <em>Maus</em>, from its curriculum.

A Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust has been banned by a Tennessee school district, prompting blowback from critics who say it's essential to teach children about the genocide.

The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously earlier this month to remove from its curriculum and replace it with an alternative, which

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