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A display of formerly banned books at a US library. Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This ...
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The most commonly banned books in America include children’s books, te en books, and titles written for adults that address topics like race, mental health, LGBTQ issues, politics, and/or ...
The Banned Book Club, an online resource allows readers to check out books banned by local libraries [55] 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 [42]
During the 17th century, a typical form of book censorship in the United States was book burning. What is considered as the first book ban in what is now known as the United States was of Thomas Morton's New English Canaan or New Canaan, published in Amsterdam in 1637. That same year, the Puritan government in Quincy, Massachusetts, banned it ...
A year after the public library declared itself a book sanctuary, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill making Illinois the first state to outlaw book banning. ‘A fundamental right people really ...
The American Library Association publishes a list of the top "Banned and Challenged Books" for any given year. [21] The American Library Association also organizes a "Banned Books Week", which is "an annual event celebrating the freedom to read." [21] The goal of the project is to bring awareness to banned books and promote the freedom to learn ...
Efforts to ban these books have permeated public libraries and school board meetings in various states, including in Minnesota where parents, students and free speech groups have clashed over what ...