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From the Desk of
​Harvey Graff

Read publications written by Harvey Graff, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor Emeritus of English and History at The Ohio State University.
Book banning
  • The History of Book Banning
  • Book Banning Past and Present
  • ​Book ban in Washington County is an example of the ‘new illiteracy
  • I wrote ‘Out of Darkness’ for my high school students. Now high schools are removing it
  • ​Book banning isn’t about content; it’s a fight for supremacy in culture wars
  • The right-wing truck convoys arrive in Ohio: The unconstitutionality and inhumanity of Book Banners
  • Book Banning Past and Present and the Rights of Young Readers​​​
  • Battle of the books: A professor examines the 1619, 1620, 1776, and 1836 projects
  • ​Dark money fuels Kansas and Missouri school book banners. Don’t let the minority rule
  • The Book Business Ecosystem Is Under Attack
critical race theory
  • Attacks on Critical Race Theory Threaten Democracy
  • There Is No Debate About Critical Race Theory
  • ​The New White Fright and Flight and the Critical Race Theory Nondebate​​
  • Busting Myths: Shouldn’t Ivy League graduates know better than to remake American history?​​
  • Busting Myths: How many “projects” does it take to obstruct a truly American history?
  • Busting Myths: The U.S. and Canada - Confronting the past in the present
  • The media mangle the Second Big Lie: The nondebate over critical race theory
  • Busting Myths: Marketing the Second Biggest Lie: The Faith & Freedom Caucus versus American history & Christianity
  • Busting Myths: DeWine whines about critical race theory
  • Opinion: Attacks on 'critical race theory' a dangerous assault on democracy and education
education
  • Ohio Education Promotes Racism and Restricting Equity, Again​​
  • ​The State of Ohio assaults its children: The war on those least able to defend themselves
  • When 'Heterodoxy' Is Orthodoxy
  • Searching for Literacy: The Social and Intellectual Origins of Literacy Studies

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