What Does Banning Mean?
(Geye, Susan. 2009. A Guide to Teaching Challenged and Banned Books. HarperCollins Children’s Books.)
Dates to Keep in Mind |
1950’s: Ban works containing “un-American” thinking.
1955: American Library Association adopts the School Library Bill of Rights
1970's: More reasons continued (religious, sexual content, political reasons).
More and more reasons are found to ban books over the last several decades.
1976: School Library Bill of Rights changes to Library Bill of Rights
(Office for Intellectual Freedom. 2010. Intellectual Freedom Manual, 8th ed. Chicago: ALA.)
1955: American Library Association adopts the School Library Bill of Rights
1970's: More reasons continued (religious, sexual content, political reasons).
More and more reasons are found to ban books over the last several decades.
1976: School Library Bill of Rights changes to Library Bill of Rights
(Office for Intellectual Freedom. 2010. Intellectual Freedom Manual, 8th ed. Chicago: ALA.)
Standing up for our Rights!
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