Amanda Jones | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Amanda_Jones_at_AASL,_2023.jpg) Amanda Jones accepting the AASL Intellectual Freedom award in 2023 | |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Awards | School Librarian of the Year |
Amanda Jones is an American librarian and anti-censorship advocate. Jones has been heavily involved in anti-book banning movements in the state of Louisiana and throughout the US. In 2023, she was awarded the American Association of School Librarians' Intellectual Freedom Award and the American Library Association's Paul Howard Award for Courage, which honors "an individual who has exhibited unusual courage for the benefit of library programs or services."[1] In 2022, Jones received national news coverage after filing a defamation and harassment lawsuit against a conservative political group, Citizens for a New Louisiana, its leader Michael Lunsford, as well as Ryan Thames, who operates the Facebook page "Bayou State of Mind".[2]
- ^ "Paul Howard Award for Courage | Awards & Grants". ala.org. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Amanda Jones Petition For Damages and Injunctive Relief". documentcloud.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.