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derrickbarnes.com By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 30, 2023

Award-winning children’s book author Derrick Barnes was scheduled to visit three schools in Alabama during Black History Month. But just before Barnes’ planned appearances in February, the invitation to Hoover and Alabaster City Schools was abruptly canceled. 

Initially, the school

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