All three of the city’s library systems — New York, Brooklyn and Queens — joined bookstores, publishers and readers across the country Saturday to protest book bans.
Rallies and community events were hosted as part of Freedom to Read Day of Action, organized by Unite Against Book Bans. The organization says book bans and challenges reached an all-time high last year.
Many of the books in question are written by or about the LGBTQ community and people of color…