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Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Call Number: Foley General Collection PS3552.A45 G62 2005; Foley General Collection PS3552.A45 G6 1953

ISBN: 9780385334570

Publication Date: 1953

As one of the century's premier American writers, James Baldwin has profoundly altered the nation's social and literary consciousness. Go Tell It on the Mountain, Baldwin's first novel, brings Harlem and the black experience vividly to life, as it starkly contrasts two generations of an embattled black family.

Why was this book challenged?

Reasons: Sexual Content, Profanity, Violence

According to the ACLU of Massachusetts, Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin has been challenged and banned for alleged “sexual content," “profanity," and “violence."
Black-authored books have historically been targets for censorship, and modern-day censorship efforts are targeting them as well. For more information, please see out Frequently Asked Questions.
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