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Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week Banned Books Week is an annual event of the American Library Association. It celebrates the freedom to read that is protected under the First Amendment, while also bringing awareness and attention to the dangers of censorship by highlighting actual or attempted book bannings that have occurred across the United States, both now and in the past.
Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association
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What is a Banned Book A banned book is one that has been removed from a library, bookstore, or school collection solely because it is considered to contain controversial content. Sometimes banned books have even been burned or otherwise forcibly destroyed. Banning or challenging a book is considered to be serious matter, because blatant censorship of that type is a violation of our freedom to read. |
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