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Dec. 2—Proposed rules pushed by Gov. Kay Ivey that would place various restrictions on "inappropriate" books for children, including where public libraries shelve them, amount to censorship ...
The Alabama Public Library Service will issue a list of books that it considers inappropriate for children. Its seven-member board voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of the proposal to create ...
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
A Washington Post analysis of 986 books challenged in school libraries between 2021 and 2022 found that nearly 42% of the books challenged had LGBTQ+ themes or characters and 28% had characters of ...
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
Book burning has historically been performed in times of conflict, for example Nazi book burnings, US Library of Congress, Arian books, Jewish Manuscripts in 1244, and the burning of Christian texts, just to name a few. [17] In the United States, book burning is another right that is protected by the first amendment as a freedom of expression. [18]
The law allows patrons to sue libraries for damages if they don’t move material parents considered “harmful” to children, which could include books that contain sexual conduct, nudity or ...
The First Book of Africa: Langston Hughes: 1964 Non-fiction; Children's book Banned in South Africa for its celebration of Black African culture. [236] The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Malcolm X with Alex Haley: 1965 Non-fiction Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of white supremacy. [236] Black Power: The Politics of Liberation