Republican state Sen. Richard Briggs says Tennessee’s library book review law needs to be cleaned up to stop groundbreaking ...

Leaders argue that difficult topics such as slavery, segregation and injustice are important parts of history that students ...

An East Tennessee school district has reversed its ban on “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alex Haley, after weeks of community backlash, board member ...

"Roots" by Alex Haley, a globally-renowned book about Black history and an official TN state book, has been banned in Knox ...

After Knox County Schools banned the globally renowned book "Roots" by Alex Haley, the late author's family is speaking out.

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk wrote the Knox County Board of Education on Tuesday, informing them that KCS was to return "Roots" by Alex Haley to circulation in KCS ...