Even in the Internet Age, what matters most are good people and good content
In Della Curtis�s office in the Baltimore County school system, there�s a book collection she calls the �Shelf of Shame.�
The books, which came from the shelves of school libraries in the 100,000-student Maryland school system, are embarrassingly old, decayed, outdated, ripped apart, or loaded with offensive stereotypes. There are science books written before the moon landing, books with crumbling pages, and books with shameful racial stereotypes bearing titles with words like �First Negro.�
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