Megan Madison

Aug 21, 2023 | alreporter.com | Jacob Holmes |Megan Madison |Jessica Ralli |Alice Oseman

Drawing from a nationwide surge in book challenges, the state of Alabama is rapidly becoming embroiled in its own culture war over books. Prattville has been the major battleground in that war, with a group of individuals over the past six months now challenging 44 books, with more expected to come. Out of those 44 challenges, only 10 have worked their way all the way up to the Autauga-Prattville Public Library board so far, and they deal almost exclusively with LGBT content.