Department of Defense sued over book removals, curriculum changes in its schools
- A dozen students from Defense Department grade schools are suing the Department of Defense over book removals and yearbooks being censored.
- The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of 12 students from military families attending schools in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy, and Japan.
- The lawsuit claims that students' First Amendment rights were violated due to censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools.
- The litigation challenges executive orders aimed at enforcing anti-diversity and anti-LGBTQ+ measures in K-12 schools.
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Book purges at Fort Campbell, other bases, challenged in lawsuit
Kentucky students are part of a federal lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Defense policies that led to schools at Fort Campbell and other military bases removing books about slavery and civil rights.
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