As the Alabama Public Library Service weighs today whether to permanently withhold state funding to the Fairhope Public Library, an Alabama woman is taking matters into her own hands.

When Karie Fugett came across a 1940 Ford pickup truck, she saw an opportunity to transform it into a roving banned book store to bring awareness to censorship battles across the state.

“I was originally thinking of opening a regular bookstore, but after the fight over banning books in Fairhope, I was inspired to go this route instead,” Fugett said. “I grew up in Baldwin County. Something about it happening so close to home struck a chord with me. Now, Alabama is tossing around the idea of banning books portraying trans folks. It’s just wrong. Reading about perspective and ideas and lives of people differen

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