Written by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat) Banned Books Week, held the last week of September each year since 1982, is an opportunity for libraries and bookstores to draw attention to censorship with challenged books. In the 29 years since the…
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How to Fight Censorship and Share Books During Banned Books Week
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Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
Ban Censorship, Not Books or Websites
On July 25, 2011, the Republic School District Board in southwest Missouri voted unanimously to ban Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five and Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer from its curriculum and library. Banning books from libraries is nothing new, but across…
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Posted in Human Rights, Internet Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Internet Censorship
Ransom Center Exhibition Explores Forces Behind Censorship in United States Between Two World Wars
AUSTIN, Texas — “Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored,” an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, reveals the rarely seen “machinery” of censorship in the United States between the two world wars. The exhibition runs from Sept. 6 to Jan. 22,…
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Posted in Censorship, Government Control, Media Censorship
Posted in Censorship, Government Control, Media Censorship
Mother’s Complaint Prompts Paradise Valley School Officials to Remove Book (Video)
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DarkBrain Comics & Facebook Censorship
By Andrew Zar Having spent over a year working within the confines of Facebook to promote my artistic venture DarkBrain.com, I’ve run into many interesting problems with respect to censorship and how it is applied by Facebook. Facebook has over…
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Censorship — 30 Movie, Literature and Performance Censorship Landmarks
1. Movie censorship began in 1894 when a peep show featured a belly dancer named Fatima. The show shocked audiences and the producer was forced to paint a white bar across the film to prevent the audience from seeing her…
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Posted in Corporate Censorship
Posted in Corporate Censorship
US State Dept: Corruption, Censorship Plague Bulgaria
Source: Sofia News Agency – http://www.novinite.com and http://www.sofianewsagency.com Original Article Found Here Bulgaria is still plagued by chronic corruption and problems with free speech, according to the US Department of State‘s 2010 report on the state of human rights. The…
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Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Huck Finn Once Again Becomes “Slave” to Censorship
Source: My High School Journalism – By Michelle Robertson – Acalanes H.S. 219. That’s the number of times the word “nigger” appears in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In 219 instances, this six-letter word is tucked into the novel’s pages,…
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Event Shines a Light on Censorship
Source: The StarPhoenix – By Sean Trembath Authors, librarians and members of the public gathered at the Frances Morrison Library on Saturday for a celebration of literature that has been targeted for censorship. Shhhh! A Selection of Readings from Challenged…
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Cryptozoic to Release Comic Censorship Trading Cards
Source: CBR Cryptozoic Entertainment is working with The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund to create a set of 70 trading cards that chronicle the history of comic book censorship. The cards will be released in July, no doubt just in…
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