Banned Books Week
September 30, 2009 · Sara Sampson
This is Banned Books Week- a week dedicated to celebrating the freedom to read a

nd the importance of free speech. Want to learn more about this topic? Check out the Library's Banned Books display in the Williams Reading Room or the resources listed below.
The American Library Association (ALA) has created an
interactive map of where book bans & challenges have occurred in the last two years.
ALA has also posted the
top ten challenged books and collected
statistics on challenges over time including details about the challengers and reasons for the challenge.
Tags: Censorship