Banned Books

The important text below is taken directly from the American Library Association’s (ALA) web site at https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned, based on its American Libraries Magazine’s November 1, 2017 article entitled “50 Years of Intellectual Freedom,” written by the Office of Intellectual Freedom(OIF) staff in celebration of the OIF’s 50th anniversary. “Banned Books Week [last week in September usually] was launched in the 1980s, a time of increased challenges, organized protests, and the Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) Supreme Court case, which ruled that school officials can’t ban books in libraries simply because of their content. “Banned books were showcased at the 1982 American Booksellers Association (ABA) BookExpo America trade show in Anaheim, California. At the e…