Book Banning

Libraries are places of community for everyone to access information and resources. We visit with the chair of the South Dakota Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Whether you’re a librarian or patron, what do you need to know about challenged books at the library? We talk with the president of the South Dakota Library Association.

First it was Rapid City. Now, Brookings is facing calls to reassess what is available to students in libraries. But a strong turnout at a recent school board meeting may have nipped the issue in the bud.

A change to the library book policy in Rapid City schools was once again debated at this week’s board meeting. The debate over what should or should not be available in schools extended between parents, teachers, and board members.

After contentious debate over library books in Rapid City Area Schools expanded into a national headline, the policies that led to the situation are now under the microscope.

Last spring, a Rapid City school district made national headlines when copies of five books were listed as items to be destroyed on a school board agenda. Lori Walsh pulls interviews from the In the Moment archives to revisit the story and provide an update.

Last spring, a Rapid City school district made national headlines when copies of five books were listed as items to be destroyed on a school board agenda. Lori Walsh pulls interviews from the In the Moment archives to revisit the story and provide an update.

We speak with the granddaughter of South Dakota Hall of fame Inductee Grace Martin Highly. Highley was the first director of South Dakota Child Welfare and held that position for more than 2 decades.Plus, see artwork from Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts up close in Aberdeen. This weekend is your last chance to see "Snoopy and the Red Baron" at the Dacotah Prairie Museum.

Following the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, there were conversations over what sort of support the federal government should give to reservation schools. In a new episode of the oral history project, educational administrator John Haas and former Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer talk about changes in education and how schools often had to cut corners with their budget.

The Rapid City School Board heard from about a dozen teachers, parents, and community members on Tuesday, May 3, who weighed in on a plan to destroy more than 300 copies of five books. Those opposed to the books said they’re pornographic; those opposed to destroying them cited academic freedom and the unconstitutionality of book banning.