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Banned Books On-Line - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. |
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Free Expression Policy Project - http://www.fepproject.org/index.html
A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues. |
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Free Expression Network - http://www.freeexpression.org/
Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S. |
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Freedom to Read.ca - http://www.freedomtoread.ca/
Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. |
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ALA: Banned Books Week - http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links. |
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American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression - http://www.abffe.org/
News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers. |
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Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html
A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A. |
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The File Room - http://www.thefileroom.org/
Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume. |
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The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books - http://about.forbiddenlibrary.com/
Books and literature targeted for censorship or banned throughout history, from Confucius to Harry Potter. Includes censorship quotes, descriptions of specific cases, answers to email questions. |
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kidSPEAK - http://www.kidspeakonline.org/
Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights and helps produce an illiterate society. |
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Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair - http://unquietmind.com/banbooks.html
A satirical plea to ban Shakespeare and the Bible on the same basis that other books have been banned. |
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Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois - http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html
Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community. |
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Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up - http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml
This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books. |
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Banned Books Quiz - http://www.gotoquiz.com/banned_books_quiz
Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz. |
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Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml
This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided? |