Grade students. Students and parents spoke against banning the book during the public forum segment of the district's board meetings. The ACLU of Texas delivered a letter to school board members and the superintendent in April 2022 claiming that the district's book removal of Beloved and other titles violated the First Amendment, the Texas Constitution, and the district's own policies. Awards Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1988 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1988 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award Melcher Book Award Lyndhurst Foundation Award Elmer Holmes Bobst Award References External links Podcast of Toni Morrison discussing Beloved on the BBC's World Book Club Emily Temple, "75 Covers of Toni Morrison's Beloved From Around the World"—In honor of the novel's 30th anniversary. Literary Hub, September 18, 2017. 1987 American novels Novels by Toni Morrison Novels about American slavery American novels adapted into films American magic realism novels African-American novels Novels set in Cincinnati Novels set in Kentucky Novels set in Delaware Fiction set in 1873 Women and death Postmodern novels Alfred A. Knopf books Filicide in fiction Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works American Book Award-winning works Books about human rights Censored books