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. >> this targeting prompted leah johnson to open her own bookstore. which stocks frequently banned titles. >> in retrospect, i can identify not having books that reflected my experience did the bleaching the way i thought about myself and my position in the world. >> johnson is trying to fill that gap by writing stories about queer black girls. her debut novel, you should see me in a crown, follows the story of a black queer high school girl. the book received critical acclaim. it was also one of about 50 titles put under investigation by the oklahoma attorney general because of complaints from parents and conservative groups that they contained obscene materials. >> there is no content in the book that could realistic be viewed as obscene, except for the fact it is queer. and to a lot of people, queer this is apparently obscene. >> the oklahoma attorney general dropped the investigation. but for johnson, the surge in book challenges in the state laws that support them are an essential threat. >> it is not about the removal of books from the shelves,
. >> this targeting prompted leah johnson to open her own bookstore. which stocks frequently banned titles. >> in retrospect, i can identify not having books that reflected my experience did the bleaching the way i thought about myself and my position in the world. >> johnson is trying to fill that gap by writing stories about queer black girls. her debut novel, you should see me in a crown, follows the story of a black queer high school girl. the book received critical...
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australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahin the sailing — thanks to ellie aldridge. bringing great britain's total up to 13. it's the first time the women's kite has been at the olympics, so the win a moment of history then for aldridge, and gb. the discipline involves competitors flying above the water, at up to a0 knots powered by huge kites. aldridge opted to use a smaller 15 square metre kite as opposed to 21 metres and spoke about that decision afterwards. big gamble. i think there's always going to be a risk of going, doing something different to everyone else but i went out on a 21 to begin with and i don't know, i could have stayed on it but ijust thought that was something, something inside me made me think it's not right and i want to do something that my gut feel right, and i'm comfortable with. you just have to know how to race on a different kite compared to everyone else and the strengths and weaknesses of the strengths and weaknesses of the different kites and yeah, i felt comfortable and yeah, it was good. los
australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahin the sailing — thanks to ellie aldridge. bringing great britain's total up to 13. it's the first time the women's kite has been at the olympics, so the win a moment of history then for aldridge, and gb. the discipline involves competitors flying above the water, at up to a0 knots powered by huge kites. aldridge opted to use a smaller 15 square metre kite as opposed to 21 metres and spoke...
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australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahin's bradly sinden competes in the bronze medal match in taekwondo later. it's after he was beaten in his men's 68kg semifinal against zaid abdul kareem. his misses the chance of an historic gold for britain. sinden progressed by beating kevin kassman, and then marko golubic. but came undone against his jordanian opponent, well—beaten in that semifinal. but goes for bronze in just under two hours�* time. jadejones�* bid for olympic history is over after another early defeat in the taekwondo under—57 kilograms first round. the 31—year—old was bidding to become the first three—time olympic champion in the sport's history, but was beaten by macedonia's miljana reljikj. she could still fight for bronze later in the repechage should reljikj reach the finals. france take on spain in the final of the men's football tomorrow. it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french side, as the host nation has been like �*living
australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahin's bradly sinden competes in the bronze medal match in taekwondo later. it's after he was beaten in his men's 68kg semifinal against zaid abdul kareem. his misses the chance of an historic gold for britain. sinden progressed by beating kevin kassman, and then marko golubic. but came undone against his jordanian opponent, well—beaten in that semifinal. but goes for bronze in just under...
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australia's moesha johnson claimed silver, and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahn spain in the final of the men's football. it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french team as the host nation has been like "living a dream". it doesn't happen often. we have in france managed to do it somehow. that tells you how much we can be together when we have to be together. and that you can see in any competition in this sport. i have been telling them, again i repeat myself, to feel the emotion and become it. away from the olympics, west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far. they could recoup some of that by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing in on a move to the united arab emirates. he's been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. he's one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrival from chelsea three years ago, and his current contract expires next year.
australia's moesha johnson claimed silver, and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahn spain in the final of the men's football. it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french team as the host nation has been like "living a dream". it doesn't happen often. we have in france managed to do it somehow. that tells you how much we can be together when we have to be together. and that you can...
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australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahake on spain take on spain in the final of the men's football, it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french team as the host nation has been like �*living a dream'. it doesn't have to open —— happen often. we can be together when we have to be together. and you can see that in any competition sport. but telling them that, i repeat myself, watching them become it. west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over 100 million pounds so far, they could recoup some of that by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing on a move to the united arab emirates. he's been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. — he's one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrival dfrom cheslea three years ago and his current contract expires next year. and that's all the sport for now. we will be crossing to bangladesh when the s
australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leahake on spain take on spain in the final of the men's football, it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french team as the host nation has been like �*living a dream'. it doesn't have to open —— happen often. we can be together when we have to be together. and you can see that in any competition sport. but...