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Banned books 2013
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3. A Democratic Society and
the Issue of Censorship
"Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
to peaceably assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.“
4. Intellectual Freedom
“Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual to both
seek and receive information from all points of view without
restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of
ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or
movement may be explored.” -- ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
8. Banning Books
• Restricts First
Amendment rights
• Suppresses
opinions, questions, and
exposure to new thoughts
and practices
Challenging Books
• Does not restrict First
Amendment rights
• Invites
questions, discussions, lea
rning, exposure of issues
and problems, raises
awareness, and stirs
various viewpoints
If it’s my right,
how can it be challenged?
9. Who Challenges Books?
• Administrators
• Board Members
• Clergy / Religious Groups
• Parents
• Teachers
• Students
• Library Patrons
• Elected Officials
• Organizations
• Community
18. "Long hours she sat looking in
the mirror, trying to discover
the secret of the ugliness, the
ugliness that made her ignored
or despised at school, by
teachers and classmates alike."
19. Aren’t There Some Kinds
Of Expression That Really
Should Be Censored?
33. • 1450: Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press
• 1490: Germany's first official censorship office established when local
archbishop pleads with town officials to censor "dangerous publications"
• 1490 - 1529: Henry VIII of England establishes a licensing system requiring
printers to submit all manuscripts to Church of England for
approval
• 1529: Henry VIII outlaws all imported publications
• 1535: French King Francis I prohibits the printing of books
• 1559 - 1966: Roman Catholic Church issues the first
published list of forbidden books,
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
34. • 1650: First book burning in America – a religious pamphlet was confiscated
by Puritan authorities in Massachusetts, condemned by the General
Court, and burned by the public executioner in the Boston
marketplace.
• 1873: “Morals, not art and literature” Anthony Comstock convinces
Congress “Comstock Act,” banning the mailing of “lewd, indecent,
filthy or obscene” materials
• 1874 - 1915: Comstock’s reign as special agent of the US Post Office
• 1920s: Nationally publicized court battles over censored books begin to
erode the Comstock law.
• 1982: Island Trees School District v. Pico declared that the First
Amendment limits the power of school officials to remove books
from school libraries because of their content.
38. Banned Classics
• To Kill a Mocking Bird “a filthy, filthy book”
• Grapes of Wrath “inappropriate sexual references”
• Catcher in the Rye “obscene” and “excessive vulgar language”
• The Color Purple “sexual and social explicitness”
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “trash suitable only for the slums”
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl “sexually offensive”
• The Bell Jar “about suicide”
• Call of the Wild “too radical”
• Lord of the Flies “excessive violence and bad language”
39. “Without our constant support, the First Amendment freedoms that we so
often take for granted – the right to read, explore ideas, and express
ourselves freely – are at risk.” – Robert P. Doyle
40. Why we read . . .
Reading develops:
• a better understanding of yourself
• a larger view of the world
• empathy
Books are
POWERFUL!
connect people
soothe loneliness
reveal injustices
