Banned Books Week
September 28 - October 2, 2009
The freedom to read is essential to democracy and reading is one of our greatest freedoms. The right to read is protected by the United States Constitution and by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Some individuals, groups, and public authorities work to remove or limit our access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries of materials reflecting the diversity of our society, like the books on the ALA's 100 Banned and Challenged Classics list.
Therefore, the American Library Association, and the Casa Grande High School Library along with it, celebrates Banned Books Week during the last week of September each year as a reminder to Americans not to take their freedom to read freely for granted.
This week, the Casa Grande High School Library will be displaying banned books and working with students and staff to raise awareness about censorship.
Provided on this page of our website are links to online resouces with more information about censorship, intellectual freedom, and more. Please direct inquiries about this page and its content to Ms. Anna Koval.
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