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Banned Books Week is the product of a national alliance between organizations who strive to bring awareness to banned books. [123] Founded by first amendment and library activist Judy Krug and the Association of American Publishers in 1982, the event aims to bring banned books "to the attention of the American public".
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
All of Blasco Ibáñez's books were banned by the Franco government in 1939. [249] A Short History of the World: H. G. Wells: 1922 Non-fiction An expanded, Spanish-language translation of A Short History of the World, discussing recent world events, was banned by Spanish censors in 1940
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
Over forty years later, book bans are once again on the rise. While the ALA's preliminary data for 2024 saw a decrease in the number of overall challenges, the figure still far exceeds pre-2020 ...
Hundreds of books have been challenged, including high-profile examples like Maus by Art Spiegelman and New Kid by Jerry Craft. The American Library Association documented 1,269 demands of book censorship in 2022. It was the highest the organization had ever recorded since it began collecting censorship data more than 20 years prior.
Other targeted books deal with race. The American Library Assn. reports that in 2022 a record 1,269 demands were made to restrict or ban books and other materials in schools and libraries — up ...
The book became the first banned book in North America, and subsequently all known copies were publicly burned. ... in 1873 and over the years burned 15 tons of books ...