You may be aware already of the following, since it is "old" news. Quote: Dr. Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua, asst prof UNorth Texas,"has won the Intellectual Fr eedom Award for her efforts to keepHuck Fin on the required reading list in Plano Independent School District. . . . she was personally affronted when she first taught Huck Fin to 11th graders in Irving 15 years ago. . . . now believes Twain was an abolitionist who used satire to attack racism. . . . her work in showing English teachers how to sensitively present the book . . . were considered in naming her the award winner. {She}consulted with school districts and visited dozens of high school classes to further theunderstanding of Twain's works and to keep his novels in the classroom."