Representative E. O. Eddins of Marengo County, Alabama, together with the White Citizen's Council, led the battle against Williams' book, and suggested Reed "put stock in racial incorporation" [REF].
The accusation that the book promoted interracial marriage put pressure on the library system and the book was banned from all libraries in Alabama because it was assumed that the bunnies' relationship targeted segregation laws (Jim Crow laws) [REF].