There are lawsuits attempting to block a new Arkansas law that bans certain books from the shelves in the children’s section. The Fayetteville Library is one of several plaintiffs involved in one of the lawsuits.40/29’s Yuna Lee spoke to David Johnson, the Executive Director of the Library on this week’s edition of On the Record.“It’s a real challenge to our first amendment rights, to read what we read,” Johnson said. “If they’re going to have a governmental agency, whether it’s a quorum court or a city council or a mayor to determine what we can and cannot read, what’s next?”The act was passed in the 94th General Assembly, and is set to go into effect in a few months. 40/29’s On the Record airs each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. right after Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.
There are lawsuits attempting to block a new Arkansas law that bans certain books from the shelves in the children’s section. The Fayetteville Library is one of several plaintiffs involved in one of the lawsuits.
40/29’s Yuna Lee spoke to David Johnson, the Executive Director of the Library on this week’s edition of On the Record.
“It’s a real challenge to our first amendment rights, to read what we read,” Johnson said. “If they’re going to have a governmental agency, whether it’s a quorum court or a city council or a mayor to determine what we can and cannot read, what’s next?”
The act was passed in the 94th General Assembly, and is set to go into effect in a few months. 40/29’s On the Record airs each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. right after Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.
