Banning The Bans
The Banned Book Club, a project of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Lyrasis, has now made e-versions of banned books available to all readers ...
States begin to push back on book bans – by banning them - CNN
Last month, Minnesota became the latest state to implement restrictions on banning books from public libraries, including those in K-12 ...
Banned in the USA: Beyond the Shelves - PEN America
Key Findings: The 2023-2024 school year recorded the highest instances of book bans and highest number of unique titles banned – over 4,000 ...
Banned Book FAQ - American Library Association
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials.
banbookbans.com; Illinois' new anti-book ban legislation is an initiative of Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias, who was sworn into ...
How Do Books Get Banned? - First Amendment Museum
“Challenging” a book is the attempt to ban a book from a library, school district, institution, organization, government entity, retailer, or publisher based ...
Banned in the USA - PEN America
In response, Alpine and Washington County school districts in Utah banned dozens of books, including The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, I Am Not ...
Banned Books Week 2024 is September 22-28. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, ...
Book Banning - The Authors Guild
Book Bans Reach Record Highs. According to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, the number of books challenged in schools and ...
Why Book Ban Efforts Are Spreading Across the U.S.
Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades.
History of Book Banning - Harvard Library research guides
What is considered the first book ban in the United States took place in 1637 in what is now known as Quincy, Massachusetts.
What You Need to Know About the Book Bans Sweeping the U.S.
The American Library Association reported a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books in 2022— up 38 percent from the previous year. Most ...
Banning Books is an Act of Censorship and it Can Take Many Forms
As calls for book bans continue to ripple across the country, it's more important than ever to be informed of how to spot similar waves in ...
Banned Books | American Civil Liberties Union
Banned Books ... Ideas are powerful. That's why intellectual freedom is protected by the First Amendments — and it's also why sometimes governments try to ...
School book bans increased past academic year - USA Today
The preliminary data was released at the start of Banned Books Week, an annual campaign by the ALA that raises awareness about censorship.
As Nationwide Book Bans Top 10000, Raskin, Schatz Introduce ...
The bicameral resolution, coinciding with Banned Books Week, reinforces congressional recognition of students' First Amendment rights and ...
During Banned Books Week, Booker Introduces Bill to Fight Book ...
The Fight Book Bans Act would help school districts fight back against book ban attempts and defend diversity in literature for students.
New State Laws Are Fueling a Surge in Book Bans
States and local governments are banning books at rates far higher than before the pandemic, according to preliminary data released by two advocacy groups on ...
Report: Last year ended with a surge in book bans - NPR
According to PEN America, 4349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year.
Opinion: Why I wish my novels were banned - Los Angeles Times
I'm a writer. I believe no book should be banned. There are plenty I wouldn't recommend but rarely because of the content.