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In the News
Book Ban Attempts Reached Historic High Last Year (NBC)
Book Banning (Maine Public)
Book Bans (PBS)
Book Bans across the U.S. (New York Times)
Books Most Targeted in 2023 Centered on Race, LGBTQ Themes (Axios)
Parents Trust School Librarians to Select Books, But There's a Catch (Education Week)
States Begin to Push Back on Book Bans - by Banning Them (CNN)
Twenty-two Challenges to School Library Books Have Been FIled in Maine since January 2022 (Maine Monitor)
New Yorker Daily Cartoon, January 31, 2022
Background
Banned Book FAQ - American Library Association
Includes information on the reasons books are sometimes challenged
The First Amendment in School Libraries: Using Substantial Truth to Protect a Substantial Right - Drexel Law Review
How to Ban a Book and Get Away With It - Iowa Law Review
How to Keep Library Porn from Kids Without Banning Books - The Federalist
Who Bans Books - And Why? - North Carolina Public Radio
Who Should Decide What High School Kids Are Allowed to Read? - The Atlantic
Librarian, Head of Research & Instruction
Nancy Lewis
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Subjects:
Anthropology
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Communication & Journalism
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Communication Sciences & Disorders
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Dance
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International Affairs
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Music
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Native American Studies
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Political Science
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Social Work
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Sociology
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Theatre
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Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Statistics
Americans Views on Book Bans and the Challenged Books that They Have Read (YouGov Today)
Book Bans Aimed at Children and Teens in the U.S. (Statista)
Discussions of Censorship and Banned Books
120 Banned Books : Censorship Histories of World Literature
Book Banning
Burn This Book : Notes on Literature and Engagement
Forbidden Fruit : Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books from Dante to Harry Potter
Forbidden Literature : Case Studies on Censorship
Lust on Trial : Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock
Not in Front of the Children : "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
Lists of Banned Books
Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2023 - American Library Association
Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists -American Library Association
Lists the most challenged books by year from 1990-2022.
Here are the 100 Most Challenged Books of the Decade - PBS
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
Books under Fire : A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books
Silenced in the Library : Banned Books in America
Organizations
ACLU - Banned Books Hub
American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom
Banned Books Week
Freedom to Read Foundation
Moms for Liberty
National Coalition Against Censorship
Unite Against Book Bans
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