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Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
An Illinois school board cited ... who had four books on the ALA’'s list of the top 100 banned or challenged books between 2010 and 2019. (21 bans) ... "Animal Farm" was one of dozens of books ...
Banned books is a contentious debate in courts, classrooms and libraries. Here's an overview of the national debate and the most banned books. It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and ...
Sept. 22-28 is Banned Books Week. See a list of the top 10 most challenged books, and which state had the most in 2023. ... Last year saw the highest rate of book bans ever documented by the ALA's ...
The Banned Book Club, an online resource allows readers to check out books banned by local libraries [46] Queer Liberation Library, is an LGBT digital library that aims to provide resources representing LGBT communities that is accessible to those living in areas where physical access to LGBT books is limited [33]
Banned Books Week is the product of a national alliance between organizations who strive to bring awareness to banned books. [123] Founded by first amendment and library activist Judy Krug and the Association of American Publishers in 1982, the event aims to bring banned books "to the attention of the American public".
The preliminary data was released at the start of Banned Books ... during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools. The group previously documented 3,362 ...
In August 2022, a teacher in Oklahoma was put on administrative leave after posting the QR code for BPL's Books Unbanned in her classroom. [18] [19] The Oklahoma Secretary of Education called to have her teaching license revoked. [18] The teacher subsequently resigned and, several months later, accepted a job with the Brooklyn Public Library. [10]