A school district in Virginia has pulled copies of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Mark Twain’s classic "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" after a parent’s complaint. The Accomack County school district is considering banning the books from the county's schools outright, following a complaint from the mother of a biracial high school student over the use of the N-word in the novels. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)Charles Knitter, who helped organize the protest, read a chapter of "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the rally. Lemont High School has so far not chosen to ban Roy's and Angelou's books from its classrooms or library. The Accomack County school district will consider whether to ban "Huckleberry Finn" and "Mockingbird" after the novels are reviewed by a special committee.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 05, 2016 18:24 UTC