Watch: Tennessee parents slam school board for caving to right-wing attacks on local librarian

Published by Raw Story, Reporter Matthew Chapman – May 15, 2023

Carolyn Mickey, a school librarian at Alpine Crest Elementary School in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, was shocked when a far-right group targeted her over a Mother’s Day lesson that they claimed was “Leninist” indoctrination and an attack on Western civilization.

The lesson, designed to be inclusive to kids with nontraditional families, included two books: “Stella Brings the Family” about a girl with two dads, and “Mother Bruce,” about a male bear who adopts a brood of goslings who call him their mother. Mickey even notified parents beforehand and allowed them to opt out, but that wasn’t good enough for Moms for Liberty, who successfully pressured the school to cancel the lesson.

But according to footage obtained by the progressive group The Tennessee Holler, parents in the area were having none of it, and slammed the school board for caving to fringe anti-LGBTQ extremists.