Censorship+and+Banned+Books+Research

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Web links to information about banned/challenged books:
[|www.forbiddenlibrary.com] Banned and Challenged Books [|www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/bookbanning.shtml] list of websites about banned books and censorship [|www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek.bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm] list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000 [|www.pabbis.com] parents against bad books in schools (this will help to understand the thinking of censors) [|www.ala.org/ala/oif/] ALA office for Intellectual Freedom [|www.kellymilnerhalls.com/index.2ts?page=challengedbooks] Challenged YA books

Organizations that fight censorship:
[|National Coalition Against Censorship] [|American Library Association] [|www.abffe.com] – American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression [|www.aclu.org] – American Civil Liberties Union [|www.publishers.org] – Association of American Publishers [|www.firstamendmentcenter.org] – First Amendment Center  [|www.ftrf.org] – Freedom to Read Foundation [|www.reading.org] – International Reading Association [|www.kidspeakonline.org] – kidSPEAK! [|www.ncte.org] – National Council of Teachers of English [|www.pfaw.org] – People for the American Way