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Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, that celebrates the freedom to read, [ 1] draws attention to banned and challenged books, [ 2] and highlights persecuted individuals. Held in late September or early October since 1982, the United States campaign "stresses ...
Banned Books Week, an annual awareness campaign that draws attention to banned and challenged books [44] Freedom to Read Foundation , a non-profit anti-censorship organization that has been active in First Amendment-based challenges to book removals from libraries [ 45 ]
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 article lists notable banned books and works, giving a ...
A 2023 Banned Books Week display at a branch of the New York Public Library. - Ted Shaffrey/AP “We were intentional about saying that it doesn’t take away the rights of parents to have ...
It's Banned Books Week, and holding the No. 1 spot of most-banned book in America for three years running is the kids' novel "George," about a transgender girl.
Beginning Oct. 1, we celebrate Banned Books Week, a national effort to galvanize communities across the United States through activities and events at independent bookstores like ours and ...
Banned Books Week is the product of a national alliance between organizations who strive to bring awareness to banned books. [119] 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".
Right in the midst of Banned Books Week, which concluded on Saturday, a children's novel about a Chinese-immigrant experience entered the center of controversy in a small New York school district ...