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censorship cases...
J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series continues to top the list of frequently banned and challenged books (2006). Rowling's work first came under strong attack in the 90s.
Robie H. Harris' “It's Perfectly Normal” tops the list of most challenged books (2005) due to homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was pulled from reading lists at three Renton, Washington high schools (2004) after an African-American student said the book degraded her and her culture.
"Howl and Other Poems" by Allen Ginsberg was prohibited in Jacksonville, Florida Forrest High School advanced placement English class (2000) because of descriptions of homosexual acts.
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he said/she said...
“It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.”
- Judy Blume
“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.”
-Benjamin Franklin
"Libraries are places of inclusion rather than exclusion."
- American Library Association
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us."
- William O. Douglas
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