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Censorship
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Grapes of Wrath" Banned in Kern County 
 Brief essay on the August 22, 1939, decision of the Kern County (California) Board of Supervisors to ban this Steinbeck novel in the county's public schools and libraries. The article first appeared in "Californian Historian," June 1994. http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/banned.html Topics: Agriculture, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Social Issues Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Banned Books
Taken from the catalog of a 1955 University of Kansas library "exhibition of books which have survived Fire, the Sword and the Censors" titled "He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe," this site presents images and descriptions of books that have caused controversy throughout history. Divided into sections by country, many of the titles date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/bannedbooks/bannedbooks.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Social Issues Last updated Mar 22, 2006 Banned Books On-line
Regularly updated page on "books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts." http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Social Issues Last updated Dec 26, 2003 Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
A site for the annual celebration of the freedom to read. A good source for librarians to obtain information and display materials. Contains a concise explanation of intellectual freedom and its importance, notable First Amendment court cases, quotes, information about banned and challenged books and censorship, a list of Banned Book Week sponsors, and related links. From the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Social Issues, Special Months Last updated May 24, 2009 Beacon for Freedom of Expression
"An international database on censorship of books and newspapers, and literature on freedom of expression, produced by the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression." Search for censored publications by author, title, language, year, or by type of censorship, such as banned, seized, or suspended; search publications about censorship by author, title, or subject, such as freedom of expression or freedom of the press. http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Social Issues Last updated Mar 25, 2005 Bonfire of Liberties
An exhibit about the history of censorship in the humanities, complete with photos, illustrations, and political cartoons. From the Texas Council for the Humanities. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/literature/bonfire/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Social Issues Last updated Sep 20, 2004 Book Burning
This site collects relevant resources and tracks acts of book burning. Features historical examples of book burning (such as those in Nazi Germany and the Harry Potter series challenges), a section on burning of religious works, related links, and a brief bibliography. From the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bookburning/bookburning.cfm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Literature & Books Last updated Nov 11, 2008 Censored: Wielding the Red Pen
"This exhibition [about censorship] hopes not so much to judge censors and censorship but instead to provoke questions." Some of the topics and case studies covered in the exhibit include reference and religious works, Margaret Sanger and birth control, John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the objectivity of science, Internet censorship, and censored films and television. From the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Nov 25, 2008 Censorship in Schools and Libraries
Material about book censorship in the U.S. Includes discussion of censorship of novels by James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Judy Blume, J.K. Rowling, and others. From the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship. http://www.the-licac.org/sc-happyland-webifier-freedom3/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties Last updated Sep 24, 2008 Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings
Companion to a traveling exhibit about book burning activities in Nazi Germany. Topics include the immediate American response, how "books figured prominently" in U.S. patriotic slogans during World War II, and later symbols of book burning. Features written and audio material about 58 authors whose works were burned. Authors include Theodore Dreiser, Sigmund Freud, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Jack London, Karl Marx, and Upton Sinclair. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/bookburning/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues, World War II Last updated Sep 10, 2007 The First Amendment Handbook
A handbook "designed to provide a basic primer on the laws affecting reporters' rights to gather and disseminate news." Covers libel, invasion of privacy, confidentiality, gag orders, copyright, and more. From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Literature & Books, News, Social Issues, Writing Last updated Jun 19, 2004 Free Expression After September 11th: An Online Index
This site "catalogs the various incidents of censorship and suppression of speech that are a direct result of the events of September 11th." Note: Contains some dead links. From the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC). http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.cfm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, September 11 & Beyond, Social Issues, Terrorism Last updated Jan 17, 2009 Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP): A Think Tank on Artistic and Intellectual Freedom
This project "provides research and analysis on difficult censorship issues, and seeks free speech-friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns." Features accounts of censorship attempts, press reports, court briefs, policy reports, commentaries, fact sheets, book reviews, white papers, and related links. Searchable. http://www.fepproject.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Social Issues Last updated Aug 22, 2004 Freedom to Read Protection Act of 2003
Status, cosponsors, full text, and more for legislation introduced by Representative Bernie Sanders (Vermont) "to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, and for other purposes." http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.01157: Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated May 12, 2004 Great Firewall of China
This Dutch site checks website addresses against Chinese government Internet censorship protocols to find if a site is blocked in China. The site notes that this service "may report sites as being 'blocked,' while there are only technical reasons for their unavailability." Includes a FAQ and discussion forum. From a group of "web designers, documentary film directors and journalists." http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Mar 19, 2007 Index on Censorship
A repository "of original, challenging, controversial and intelligent writing on free expression issues. Index on Censorship continues to log free expression abuses in scores of countries, report on censorship issues from all over the world, and add to the debates on those issues." http://www.indexoncensorship.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated May 15, 2008 Intellectual Freedom
Providing links to resources relating to intellectual freedom and censorship, this site is good starting place when researching these pertinent issues. Links to organizations and resources regarding censorship and journalism, privacy, and legal issues are included. The University of California, Santa Barbara Library, provides this Web page. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/freedom.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Social Issues Last updated Jul 3, 2004 National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
This site's publishers have "assisted artists, authors, teachers, students, librarians, readers, museum-goers, and others in opposing censorship, and nurtured a coalition of religious, labor, professional, educational and civil rights organizations united to protect the First Amendment." Resources include relevant news and other items of current interest, publications, links, activist information, and more. Searchable. http://www.ncac.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Jan 24, 2004 Perils of Publication
Discussion of self-censorship by scientific journals on information that might be of use to terrorists, with emphasis on potential biological weapons. Includes bibliography. Searchable. From the WhyFiles, University of Wisconsin. http://whyfiles.org/172publish/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Mar 27, 2003 Project Censored
This media research project "compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media"; the lists are published in a newsletter, which is available on the site (with a few gaps) from 1997 to the present. The stories are selected by a national panel of media experts and the site is administered by a Sonoma State (California) University sociology professor. http://www.projectcensored.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Jan 18, 2004 Supreme Court Decision in Reno v ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union site with information about the appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn the Communications Decency Act. The Supreme Court heard the case March 19, 1997. Their decision was handed down June 26, 1997. http://www.aclu.org/privacy/speech/15504lgl19970626.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Internet, Social Issues Last updated Mar 30, 2006 |
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