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NCAC Literature Archive
Collected below are reports on censorship incidents involving literature. For resources on dealing with book challenges, go to NCAC's Book Censorship Toolkit. For more information, you can explore these related topics:
» Academic Freedom » Books » Copyright » Libraries » Theater & Performance
Incidents
» 6/18/08 Joint Letter Opposing Removal of Award-Winning Book The Fighting Ground from Elementary School Library » 5/23/08 Letter to the Editor Opposing Removal of A Girl's Life from English Class » 4/30/08 NCAC Urges New York Governor To Sign Libel Terrorism Protection Act » 3/20/08 Letter Opposing Removal of Award-Winning Books from Elementary School Library » 3/14/08 Free Speech Groups Oppose Challenges To Angels in America in AP English Class » 2/26/08 Free Speech Groups Oppose Challenges To The Kite Runner » 2/22/08 Looking For Alaska Challenged At Depew High School » 2/21/08 And Tango Makes Three Restricted In Loudoun County » 2/13/08 Freedom Writers Diary Pulled From Indianapolis Classroom » 1/29/08 Nat'l Interview With Julia Alvarez » 1/07/08 Challenges To Just Listen By Sarah Dessen » 1/04/08 NCAC Responds to Of Mice and Men Challenge at Appomattox High School » 12/26/07 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Challenged at Manchester High School » 12/21/07 Free Speech Groups Oppose Censorship Of Garcia Girls » 12/11/07 Sandpiper Kept in Alabama High School Library » 12/11/07 Sandpiper Challenged in Alabama High School Library » 12/10/07 Nat'l Challenges To The Golden Compass » 12/07/07 Free Speech Groups Oppose Proposed Rating System For Books » 12/06/07 Joint Letter to Tuscaloosa School Board Opposing Removal of Sandpiper From High School Library » 12/05/07 Letter Regarding Challenges To Two Novels On Optional Reading List » 11/08/07 Letter To The Editor Opposing Removal of The Giver From 6th Grade Optional Reading List » 10/29/07 Letter Regarding Challenges To The Golden Compass » 10/17/07 Two Pat Conroy Novels Challenged » 10/16/07 Letter To Editor Re Magruder Book Challenge » 10/09/07 Letter to Waxahachie Independent School District Superintendent and Board of Trustees Opposing Censorship of Political Tshirt Supporting John Edwardsl » 10/09/07 TopDog UnderDog Censored from AP English Class Grand Rapids School » 10/02/07 Sandpiper Challenged in Alabama High School Library » 10/02/07 Joint Letter to Brookwood High School Library Review Committee Sandpiper Challenged » 9/24/07 Challenges To Library Books In St Louis County » 5/08/07 Joint Letter To Bartlesville Superintendent About Removal Of The Bermudez Triangle » 5/01/07 Joint Letter To Bentonville Mayor Protesting Removal Of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book » 5/01/07 Father Seeks 20k in Damages For Lesbian Sex Book » 4/30/07 Joint Letter To Fargo Superintendent Protesting Removal Of Two Novels » 4/18/07 Joint Letter To Harford Superintendent Protesting Removal Of The Chocolate War » 4/16/07 Letter Opposing Removal Of Of Mice And Men From High School Required Reading List » 4/13/07 Joint Letter Opposing Removal Of Fool's Crow From Sophomore English Curriculum » 4/11/07 Nat'l In Memory of Kurt Vonnegut » 3/30/07 Joint Letter To Jefferson County Schools Superintendent Beloved » 3/16/07 Nat'l Interview With Susan Patron » 3/16/07 Joint Letter To Mandarin High School Principal Vegan Virgin Valentine » 3/16/07 Joint Letter To Mandarin High School Principal Regarding Vegan Virgin Valentine » 3/16/07 Joint Letter To Duval County Superintendent » 3/08/07 Free Speech Groups Welcome Decisions Clearing Challenged Books » 3/07/07 Joint Letter To Missouri Valley Superintendent About Whale Talk » 3/01/07 Free Speech Groups Condemn FBI Investigation Of Literary Works » 2/25/07 Nat'l Newbery Novel Stirs Controversy » 2/25/07 Nat'l Newberry Novel Stirs Controversy » 2/14/07 Nat'l In Celebration of Black History and 1st Amendment » 2/06/07 Award- Winning Books Challenged in Michigan School » 12/22/06 Joint Letter About Challenges To So Far From The Bamboo Grove » 10/15/06 Graphic Novels Face Library Challenge » 7/25/06 Nat'l Graphic Novels, A Guide for Librarians » 7/21/06 School Board Seeks To Ban Book on Cuba from School Libraries » 7/11/06 Another Reading List Restricted » 5/12/06 An Open Letter From Children's Book Author Patricia Polacco » 4/21/06 Harry Potter » 3/07/06 Kite Runner Challenged in Indianapolis » 3/15/05 Athletic Shorts Removed from Grand Rapids Schools » 2/28/05 School Newspaper Confiscated in Wellington Florida » 2/17/05 Books Excluded from Curriculum in Georgetown County SC » 12/21/04 Nat'l US Customs Seizes Comic Book Shipment » 12/15/04 Nat'l Regulations on Publishing Works from US-Sanctioned Countries Modified » 7/22/04 Supreme Court Upholds Student 1st Amendment Rights in CA » 3/04/04 Nat'l Congressional Supervision of Area Studies Programs Threatens Freedoms » 9/16/03 James Kennedy Public Library Removes Sari Says from Shelves » 7/06/03 Nat'l All-American Soap Box Derby Censors Book on Derby History » 3/05/03 Nat'l NCAC Counters Censorship in Our Schools and Libraries » 7/26/02 Cromwell CT BOE Considers Removing 2 Books from Middle School » 4/11/02 UMN Publishing Criteria Undermines Academic Freedom » 3/01/02 Nat'l Teens Find Book-Not in Front of the Children-to be Educational » 1/23/02 Forever by Judy Blume Returned to School Libraries in IL District » 10/01/01 Nat'l Marjorie Heins Responds to Critics of Book-Not in Front of the Children » 4/01/01 Nat'l New Book Gives Account of Govt Shutdown of Mail Order Company » 11/10/00 Harry Potter Restricted in School Libraries » 5/01/00 Harry Potter Back on Shelves » 4/19/00 Nat'l Zeeland Public Schools Restrict Harry Potter Books » 6/29/99 Forever by Judy Blume Removed from Middle Schools in IL District » 3/01/98 Long Island School District Removes Magazines from Library Shelves » 5/01/96 Nat'l NCAC Defends Books in Trouble
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