1993: 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry Since Lois Lowry's "The Giver" was published in 1993, it's been "one of the most controversial books in American schools," Slate said. The dystopian young adult ...

Chair of Africana Studies at Brown University, Noliwe Rooks, discusses efforts to shutter the Education Department and her ...

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...