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Pastor urges Randolph County to move children’s book 'Call Me Max' out of children’s section; library staff decisions criticized

5888229 · October 6, 2025
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During public comment, Pastor Jonathan Burris criticized the Randolph County Library’s decision to place Call Me Max in the children’s collection and urged the commission to remove it from the children's room to an adult section.

During the public comment period, Jonathan Burris, pastor and teacher at Sophia Baptist Church, urged Randolph County commissioners to remove the children’s book Call Me Max from the children’s section of the county library.

Burris criticized the library director Ross Holt’s justification for the book’s placement and said…

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