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Georgia school's book bans may break civil rights law, federal officials warn

A display of commonly banned books sits in a Barnes & Noble book store in Pittsford, New York, in September 2022. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/file)

banned books — A display of commonly banned books sits in a Barnes & Noble book store in Pittsford, New York, in September 2022. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/file)

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district's decision to remove some books from its libraries may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination.

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