''Vamos a Cuba'' (Spanish, 'Let's Go to Cuba') is a
children's book by Alta Schreier about
Cuba
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Critics say that the book does not accurately represent life in the communist state. When
Miami-Dade County Public Schools attempted to remove this book from the public school's library system the
ACLU
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filed a lawsuit saying that it was a violation of the
First Amendment
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A federal appeals court ruled that the Miami-Dade School Board did not violate the Constitution in 2006 when it removed a controversial children's book about Cuba from the public schools' library system.
In a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the board did not breach the First Amendment, and ordered a Miami federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction that had allowed ''Vamos a Cuba'' to be checked out from school libraries.
The US Supreme Court declined to hear the legal challenge, so the book removal stands.
References
External links
WPLG news article
2001 children's books
Books about Cuba
Children's non-fiction books
American picture books
Spanish-language books
Children's books set in Cuba
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