Banned Books Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association that both celebrates the freedom to read as well as calls attention to efforts to restrict access to certain books.
Some 1,400 black college students left Knoxville, Tenn., last week to serve as ”freedom school” teachers. The goal: to ignite excitement about reading among inner city and rural elementary, middle ...
I grew up in a country where the government decided what people could read, watch and even talk about. Books were censored, authors were silenced and citizens learned to think twice before expressing ...
As journalists, freedom of speech, thought and information is always top of mind for us. It’s especially so during Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual campaign drawing ...
Coloradans will soon be able to carry a library of banned books right in their pockets — free of charge. Anythink Libraries, which serves residents in Adams County, is launching free access to roughly ...
Banning, and even burning, books that conflict with tightly-held ideology is nothing new. In 1933, student-led book burnings at the University of Berlin spurred a list of government-enforced banned ...
Students explore the tables at the Freedom Walk program at Clark High School. Three years ago, after a difficult state legislative session in Texas that aimed to restrict access to books and disparage ...
Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to ‘Banned Books Week,’ rebrands to ‘Freedom to Read’
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight ...
People pay a visit to the Hawaii State Library main branch at King and Punchbowl streets to find a good book to read. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu ...
University of Delaware commemorated Banned Books Week with conversations on access, representation and the power of choosing what to read Students listened intently while Petra Clark, a UD special ...
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Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight ...
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