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	Free Expression Network - http://www.freeexpression.org/ Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
	Free Expression Policy Project - http://www.fepproject.org/index.html A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
	Banned Books On-Line - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
	The File Room - http://www.thefileroom.org/ Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
	Censored: Wielding the Red Pen - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/censored/index.html This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.

	Freedom to Read.ca - http://www.freedomtoread.ca/ Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
	ALA: Banned Books Week - http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
	kidSPEAK - http://www.kidspeakonline.org/ Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights and helps produce an illiterate society.
	Family Friendly Libraries - http://www.fflibraries.org/index.html National organization dedicated to addressing issues of age appropriate materials in public and school libraries. Includes current news and information.
	Banned Books: A Pathfinder - http://www.albany.edu/~mr3240/isp605 A librarians' finding guide for information on banned books and censorship.

	Censored - http://www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/ Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
	Censorship and Book Burning - http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/burning/burning.html Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
	Parents Against Bad Books In Schools - http://www.pabbis.com/ Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
	He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe - http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/bannedbooks/bannedbooks.html Retrospective of the famous exhibition and catalogue of banned books from the University of Kansas in 1955.
	Banned Books Quiz - http://reference.aol.com/quizzes/banned-books Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.

	What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter96/pubCONN.html Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
	ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 - http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
	Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois - http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
	The Censorship Pages -- Information on Censorship of the Written Word - http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm Articles and links on baned books and censorship. Many links are dead
	Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided?

	Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up - http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
	United Students Against Book Banning - http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/UnitedStudents/ A collective of Canadian students fighting censorship.
	American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression - http://www.abffe.org/ News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
	Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
	Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair - http://unquietmind.com/banbooks.html A satirical plea to ban Shakespeare and the Bible on the same basis that other books have been banned.

The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books - http://about.forbiddenlibrary.com/
Books and literature targeted for censorship or banned throughout history, from Confucius to Harry Potter. Includes censorship quotes, descriptions of specific cases, answers to email questions.

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