When I was high school Social Studies dept. chair, I successfully banned Zinn’s book from use in the classroom. The logic was that if that book were used balance required alternative view points. I suggested Larry’s book, which had just come out.
So the commies on the staff gave up on using Zinn in the classroom but insisted we keep a department copy. I had no objection, but I made sure that to get to it they’d have to step on a poster of Che that I taped to the floor in the dept. office underneath the book shelf.
“When I was high school Social Studies dept. chair, I successfully banned Zinn’s book from use in the classroom.”
Good for you! What happened after you left - are they using it now?