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Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days.

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Alabama suspends funding to the Fairhope Public Library in southwest Alabama .

The library was accused of breaking state law by placing books with sexually explicit material in youth and teenager sections.

A group that opposes book censorship in state libraries raised $ 40,000 to raise funds for the library.

Fairhope Public Library receives roughly $42,000 in state funding each fiscal year .

The library has received two of the payments for this cycle, but the next payment in June is for roughly $10,000 .

The funding is spent on books, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, computers, printers, salaries, WiFi , WiFi .

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