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News April 8, 2016

Sen. Dick Black calls Loudoun teacher ‘appalling’ for defending Pulitzer Prize-winning book

In February, Rock Ridge High School advanced placement literature and language teacher Jessica Berg sent a letter to all Virginia state senators urging them not to pass HB 516, which would have allowed parents to opt their children out of reading books they felt were too explicit, including Beloved by Toni Morrison.  Black (R-13th) responded with a lengthy email condemning the teacher for her stance.

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