Banned Books Week

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Banned Books Week

• September 29 October 3

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Banned Books Week

• Its not just the books under fire now that
  worry me. It is the books that will never be
  written. The books that will never be read. And
  all due to the fear of censorship.
• --Judy Blume

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Beloved Banned Books

• Harry Potter (Series)
• by J. K. Rowlingfor the theme of witchcraft and
  for encouraging children to lie and talk back to
  adults
• The Catcher in the Rye
• by J. D. Salingerfor foul language and sexual
  exploits experienced in the book

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Quotations

• "Restriction of free thought and free speech is
  the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the
  one un-American act that could most easily defeat
  us.
• --Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

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Beloved Banned Books

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• by Harper Lee because it represents
  institutionalized racism under the guise of good
  literature and because it contains adult themes
  such as sexual intercourse, rape and incest and
  for profanity

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Quotations

• If we dont believe in freedom of expression for
  people we despise, we dont believe in it at
  all.
• --Noam Chomsky

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Beloved Banned Books
The Color Purple by Alice Walkerfor troubling
ideas about race relations, mans relationship to
God, African history and human sexuality
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Quotations

• Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation
  must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
  --Benjamin Franklin

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Beloved Banned Books

• 1984
• by George Orwellfor its pro-communist views and
  explicit sexual content

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Quotations

• "Libraries should challenge censorship in the
  fulfillment of their responsibility to provide
  information and enlightenment.
• -- Article 3, Library Bill of Rights

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Beloved Banned Books

• In Cold Blood
• by Truman Capotefor sex, violence and profanity

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Quotations

• They that can give up essential liberty to
  obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither
  liberty nor safety.
• --Benjamin Franklin

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Beloved Banned Books

• Rabbit, Run
• by John Updikefor sexual
• references and profanity
• Lord of the Rings
• by J. R. R. Tolkienfor being satanic

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Quotations

• Censorship reflects a societys lack of
  confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an
  authoritarian regime.
• --Supreme Court Justice Potter Steward

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Beloved Banned Books

• The Great Gatsby
• by F. Scott Fitzgeraldfor foul language and
  sexual references

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Quotations

• Once a government is committed to the principle
  of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only
  one way to go, and that is down the path of
  increasingly repressive measures, until it
  becomes a source of terror to all its citizens
  and creates a country where everyone lives in
  fear.
• --Harry Truman

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Beloved Banned Books

• A Light in the Attic
• by Shel Silversteinfor glorifying Satan, suicide
  and cannibalism, and also for encouraging
  children to be disobedient

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Quotations

• If large numbers of people believe in freedom of
  speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if
  the law forbids it. But if public opinion is
  sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be
  persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.
• --George Orwell

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Banned Books Reading Room

• Event Banned Books Reading Room
• Location Room 113 in the Library/Learning
  Center
• Date Tuesday, September 30
• Time 1000 a.m. 400 p.m.
• Please ask your instructor about an extra credit
  opportunity associated with Banned Books Week.