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Banned : Books on Race and Sexuality are Disappearing from Texas Schools in Record Numbers - NBC
Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools - PEN America
Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools - PEN America
In Burbank Schools, a Book-banning Debate Over How to Teach Antiracism - Los Angeles Times
Book Bans in Schools are Catching Fire. Black Authors Say Uproar Isn't About Students - NBCBLK
A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans - The New York Times
Gender Queer Obscenity Case Dismissed in Virginia - Book Riot
Holocaust Novel 'Maus' Banned in Tennessee School District - PBS
Push grows to ban books on trans topics at schools: Parents need more say over selections, Georgia House lawmaker says. - Atlanta Journal Constitution
A Texas Superintendent Ordered School Librarians to Remove LGBTQ Books. Now the Federal Government Is Investigating. - ProPublica
US Conservative Parents Push for Book Bans -- And Unintentionally Make Reading Cool Again - The Guardian
Why two books on gender identity, sexuality are roiling local schools - Portland Press Herald
New Yorker Daily Cartoon, January 31, 2022
Background
Banned Book FAQ - American Library Association
Includes information on the reasons books are sometimes challenged
Book Bans are Back in Style - Axios
Calls to Ban Books by Black Authors are Increasing Amid Critical Race Theory Debates - Education Week
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
Not Quite Banned: Soft Censorship That Makes LGBTQIA+ Stories Disappear - School Library Journal
A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in One County Could Signal Rising Partisanship on School Boards - ProPublica
Who Bans Books - And Why? - North Carolina Public Radio
Who Should Decide What High School Kids Are Allowed to Read? - The Atlantic
Why are States Banning Critical Race Theory? - The Brookings Institution
Banned in the USA: Rising School Book Bans Threaten Free Expression and Students' First Amendment Rights - PEN America
Censorship battles’ new frontier: Your public library - The Washington Post
Statistics
Daily Survey: Book Banning - YouGov
2017 poll of 1000 adults asking their opinions of book banning based on different content and from where the book should be banned.
Adults Are More Likely To Believe There Are Books That Should Be Banned Than Movies, Television Shows, or Video Games - The Harris Poll
The Biggest Book Ban Advocates in the U.S. - Statista
The Topics That Lead Book Ban Requests, According to School Leaders - Education Week
Discussions of Censorship and Banned Books
120 Banned Books : Censorship Histories of World Literature
by
Nicholas J. Karolides; Margaret Bald; Dawn B. Sova
Book Banning
by
Thomas Riggs (Editor)
Burn This Book : Notes on Literature and Engagement
by
Toni Morrison (Editor)
Forbidden Fruit : Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books from Dante to Harry Potter
by
Pearce J. Carefoot
Forbidden Literature : Case Studies on Censorship
by
Erik Erlanson (Editor); Jón Helgason (Editor); Peter Henning (Editor); Linnéa Lindsköld (Editor)
Intellectual Freedom Manual
by
Trina Magi (Editor); Martin Garnar (Associate Editor)
Lust on Trial : Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock
by
Amy Werbel
Not in Front of the Children : "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth
by
Marjorie Heins
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
by
Fernando Baez; Alfred MacAdam (Translator)
Lists of Banned Books
Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 - American Library Association
Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists -American Library Association
Lists the most challenged books by year from 2001-2020.
Banned and Challenged Classics - American Library Association
Here are the 100 Most Challenged Books of the Decade - PBS
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
by
Nicholas J. Karolides
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
by
Margaret Bald
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
by
Dawn B. Sova
Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
by
Dawn B. Sova
Books under Fire : A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books
by
Pat Scales
Silenced in the Library : Banned Books in America
by
Zeke Jarvis
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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Joe McGraw
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