Each year, the American Library Association and other groups mark Banned Books Week during the last week in September. This year it begins Saturday September 26 and continues through October 3.

In a time when some American parents don’t want their children to hear the President of the United States give a speech on education values, the importance of this reminder of the right to free expression and the value of THINKING is more urgent than ever,

Where are they pulling books out of libraries? See a map of local “challenges” to books from 2007-2009:
http://www.ncac.org/Banned-Books-Week

Here are some important links to two of the groups involved in combating censorship: the American Library Association and the National Coalition Against Censorship:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

http://www.ncac.org/index.php

How to Organize locally
http://ncac.org/organize-locally