There are just a few days left in the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week, running the last week of September (9/25 to 10/02 this year), was created to highlight the importance of intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, and free access to information. For more information on Banned Books Week see: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
You may be surprised at some of the books that have been challenged or banned. Here are just a few that we have at the Richland College Library:
The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee
The Color Purple / Alice Walker
Beloved / Toni Morrison
1984: A Novel / by George Orwell
The Call of the Wild / Jack London
Check out our display by the Circulation Desk to find these titles, as well as many more banned books!
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