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Book Censorship

The Fight for the American Library

By Ariel Aberg-Riger

As a retired Library Director and the mother of a Children’s Librarian, I am against the censorship of books that is occurring today. I agree with the ALA Library Bill of Rights, which says “materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”

I recently found an article on the subject with great illustrations and references. I’d like to share it with you.

…Nancy

Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back.

National Library Week in the US comes amid a period of turmoil for libraries, as efforts to censor books intensify. Visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger explores the threats libraries face, their historical context and how activists are mobilizing to protect a diversity of thought.

For more on how libraries came to be a critical piece of social infrastructure, read her History of the American Public Library.

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Curious as to what is happening with libraries in your city? Want to get involved?

  • ID groups in your state, city, and neighborhood that are fighting against censorship with Book Riot’s continuously updated anti-censorship list.
  • Can’t find a local group? Create your own with Fight For the First’s support.
  • Collect data about your local library to contribute to a national database about library boards via For the People.
  • Use Unite Against Book Ban’s Toolkit to petition local decision makers.

Further Reading/Listening/Watching:

Ariel Aberg-Riger is a visual storyteller and the author of America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History.

SOURCE: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-26/how-to-protect-your-local-library-from-book-ban-campaigns

2 thoughts on “The Fight for the American Library”

  1. Someone put a lot of work into this fine segment.
    Hope things don’t get as bad as they did in the book and later the movie “Fahrenheit 451.”

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