Banned Books Week FAQ

Censored Works of Shakespeare

Famous Quotes

Additional Resources

Acknowledgements

An online exhibition of the works of William Shakespeare that have been censored, challenged, and banned around the world.

Links

Banned Books

• ALA's Banned Book Week - The American Library Association's official Banned Books Week site.
• The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Banned Books Week Handbook Online - Guide for booksellers who support Banned Books Week.
• Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources - A great resource from Loyola University Chicago about book banning and historical censorship.
• Banned Books Online - An excellent resource from the University of Pennsylvania presenting books that have been challenged or banned. It contains a large volume of information on why classic works of literature have been the targets for suppression.
• He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe - A 1955 exhibition at the University of Kansas Library of books "which have survived Fire, the Sword and the Censors." The exhibit catalog was originally published in 1955, at the height of the McCarthy era. It includes information on censorship in the United States and from around the world.

Censorship and the First Amendment

• Beacon for Freedom - An international database on censorship of books and newspapers, and literature on freedom of expression, produced by the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression.
• Bonfire of Liberties - An excellent site on censorship by the Texas Humanities Resource Center.
• Censored - A guide containing Internet and print resources on various aspects of censorship and free expression. Also contains an excellent bibliography about banned books.
• The File Room Censorship Archive - A comprehensive guide to censorship.
• The Free Expression Network - An organization committed to protecting the intellectual freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Organizations Supporting Free Speech and the Freedom of Expression

• The Electronic Freedom Foundation - A nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of free speech and privacy on the Internet.
• The Libertarian Party - A political party founded around the notion that civil liberties, including our intellectual freedoms, should be safeguarded and respected.
• PEN American Center - An association of writers fighting for freedom of expression and the advancement of literature in the face of suppression.
• The People for the American Way - Progressive advocacy organization committed to upholding Constitutional liberties.
• The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression - An organization devoted to the defense of free expression "in all its forms."

 

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