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in Schools and Libraries" exhibit available for Banned Books Week – September 27
– October 4, 2008.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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Long Island Coalition Against Censorship</SPAN></B><SPAN
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is an association of 22 educational and community organizations (16 are public
libraries and professional library organizations). The purpose of the Coalition
is to defend challenges to the First Amendment rights of public and school
libraries when there are efforts by individuals or groups to censor books and
other materials<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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planning an exhibit for Banned Books Week in the fall, you might wish to
consider displaying the new edition of our exhibit, “Censorship in Schools and
Libraries.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
exhibit presents 32 illustrations of censorship each one approximately 11" x 14"
with accompanying text that is 11" x 14." The history of censorship in public
libraries and schools highlights incidents of censorship that have occurred
nationally during the last 150 years. Included are descriptions of the
censorship of <U>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</U>, <U>In the Night
Kitchen</U>, <U>The Catcher in the Rye</U>, and the novels of Judy Blume and
Chris Crutcher. The censorship of Susan Patron’s novel, <U>The Higher Power of
Lucky</U>, which was awarded the Newbery Prize in 2007 is in the new edition.
U.S. Supreme Court decisions (including the landmark school case in the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trees</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School
District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) and lower court decisions are an integral
part of the exhibit. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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2008 edition includes efforts to censor the popular Harry Potter’s children's
books (Harry Potter books were burned in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alamogordo</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New
Mexico</st1:State></st1:place>). Besides new cases, there is an update of
censorship incidents in school libraries and classrooms that have occurred since
1990. Quality copies have been reproduced which may be readily presented on
posters or bulletin boards in your library and then retained by you as a
reference source.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>If your space is
limited, we suggest that you rotate the incidents of censorship during the time
the exhibit is on display. Excerpts from the exhibit are on our web site <A
href="http://www.the-licac.org/">www.the-licac.org</A>. Click on Exhibits,
"Censorship in Schools and Libraries" (for a description of the exhibit) and
then Selected Cases. You may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase
order to the LI Coalition Against Censorship, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">PO Box 296</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Port
Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">11050</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>. The cost of the exhibit
including mailing charges is $40.00. We request payment within 30 days after you
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class=140112917-12082008> </SPAN><STRONG><U>If you need any additional
information our e-mail address is </U></STRONG><A
href="mailto:coalcen1@verizon.net"><STRONG>coalcen1@verizon.net</STRONG></A><STRONG><U>
or call (516) 944-9799.<o:p></o:p></U></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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