illiteracy

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Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As a tribute to her father, who suffered all his life from illiteracy, she founded the Imagination Library, which provides free books to children from birth until the time they enter school.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

She fears that the absence of this support, due to fear and lack of funds, could increase rates of illiteracy.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

In a lesser-known history, the federal government helped bring public education to Southern white children, whose illiteracy rates prior to Reconstruction were five times as high as in the North.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

It was possible that Grandpa’s southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright