Amid Silence and Censorship, Alabama Students and Professors Reflect

Amid Silence and Censorship, Alabama Students and Professors Reflect

This is a guest blog post by Lindsey Norward, Senior Staff Writer at NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In October 2024, SB129, a restrictive censorship law on Alabama’s public colleges and universities, went into effect, upending the ways public college communities can teach, learn, and build community around topics including race, gender, identity, and history. Before the law went into effect, Sydney Testman, a rising senior at the University of Alabam…