A southern Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources. The reversal comes a week after a student protest and a heated virtual school board meeting.
The Central York school board unanimously approved the reinstatement of a list of anti-racism books and resources, effective immediately, spokeswoman Julie Randall Romig confirmed to CNN.The reversal comes a week after a student protest and a heated virtual school board meeting about the"diversity resource list" that was banned from the curriculum by the board last year.
Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community dividedRead MoreThe York school student group, which says it champions diversity education for all children, said they were surprised by the board's decision."The reversal of this ban was surprising but not surprising in a way most think," the Panther Anti-Racist Union Executive Board said in a statement.
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