Examines the 1974 case of fundamentalist censorship in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and responds to fundamentalist's objections to the disputed books. Suggests that the solution to censorship may lead to the development of "spiritual" education, an education of expanded consciousness based on pluralism. (MM)

This County in West Virginia is the scene of a continuing protest over the content of textbooks used in the public schools. This protest is interpreted as the politics of life style concern. Protestors are expressing a direct concern about the erosion of their control over their way of life. (Author/AM)

This paper focuses on the factors which precipitated a violent conflict over the introduction of certain textbooks and supplementary reading materials in Kanawha County, West Virginia, in 1974. The paper analyzes and reviews the developments that occurred from April 1974 to February 1975 and examines the issues that were raised. A description of…

Interviews with several individuals representing a variety of viewpoints about the recent controversy regarding textbooks and philosophy in the Kanawha County, West Virginia, public schools are presented in this transcript of a National Public Radio program broadcast in December 1974. Beginning with a discussion of the issue of textbook selection…

The Kanawha County textbook controversy of 1974 sparked profound changes in the American political landscape and American education. The roots of this controversy go back to the 1960's, when drug use, women's liberation, violence, and sex education convinced conservatives that America was in moral decline. Parents in Kanawha County fingered school…