He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America ...

Raise awareness about frequently challenged books and the freedom to read with the below graphics and activities. These images and downloadable PDFs are free to use to raise awareness about banned ...

Often times ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives requests from students and researchers for information about specific banned and challenged books. Part of our mission at OIF is to ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Elizabeth school district to return 19 banned books to the shelves of its school libraries by 5 p.m. on Saturday. The order represents the second time U.S ...

The paradox? Banning these titles often dramatically increased readership interest in the circulation of banned books. What began as banning a book over specific themes—race, gender, or ...

South Carolina was on the verge this week of becoming the nation’s leader in the number of books banned statewide from public schools. But last minute action by the state Board of Education ...

A book banned from the Bible written more than 2,100 ... which supported the notion the amulet was used as a symbol of ...

Every day this week, the Chapel Hill Public Library will debut a trading card, designed by a local artist to feature a banned book, as a part of Banned Books Week. This week celebrates the freedom ...

What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state law that would ban books from school libraries ...