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(fwd) Banned Books List 3/3 (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marty Salo)
Mon Mar 14 07:05:16 1994
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 01:37:09 +22311151 (EST)
From: Marty Salo <msalo@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
To: com-priv@psi.com
The shortest part of the list, I believe.
Marty Salo msalo@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
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>From: jim.henry@ftl.atl.ga.us (Jim Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Banned Books List 3/3
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THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW, by S.E. Hinton.
Objections to "graphic language, subject matter, immoral tone and lack of
literary quality."
Challenged by Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 1983.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, by Harper Lee.
Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race relations.
Challenged (temporaily banned) in Eden Valley, Minnesota, 1977;
Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980;
Warren, Indiana, township schools, 1981;
Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984;
Kansas City, Missouri, junior high schools, 1985;
Park Hill (Missouri) Junior High School, 1985.
Protested by black parents and NAACP in Casa Grande (Arizona)
Elementary School District, 1985.
ULYSSES, by James Joyce.
"Given its long history of censorship, ULYSSES has rarely been selected for
high school libraries." -- Judith Krug, director, Office for Intellectual
Freedom, American Library Association, 1986.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, by Harriet B. Stowe.
Use of the word nigger caused opposition.
Challenged by Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984.
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS, by Shel Silverstein.
Considered by opponents to undermine parental, school and religious authority.
Pulled from shelves for review by Minot, North Dakota, public school
libraries, 1986.
Challenged by Xenia, Ohio, school libraries, 1983..
Sources for all of the above information: American Library Association
RESOURCE BOOK FOR BANNED BOOK WEEK 1986 and the NEWSLETTER ON INTELLECTUAL
FREEDOM, published by the Office for Intellectual Freedom. Complete
documentation is available from the American Library Association.
* SLMR 2.1a * If you can't stand the heat, stop burning the books.
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