Challenge reasons: Sexual content, rape, crude language, murder
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A 1997 challenge based on the book’s sexual content failed at Brentsville, VA’s Stonewall Jackson High School.
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Challenge reasons: Sexual content, rape, crude language, murder
A 1997 challenge based on the book’s sexual content failed at Brentsville, VA’s Stonewall Jackson High School.