PEN America, a writers’ group championing freedom of expression, and publisher Penguin Random House have sued a school district in Florida over book bans, with the targeted books largely addressing racial and LGBTQ+ issues.
The suit against the Escambia County School District and its board was filed in May in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. It says the bans violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as well as the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
“The School District and the School Board are
