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Banned Books Week 2007
Banned Books Week 2007 is September 29 through October 6, 2007.
The ACLU Foundation of Texas raises awareness of censorship - and promotes the free exchage of ideas - during national Banned Books Week each fall.
The annual report, "Free People Read Freely," of the ACLU Foundation of Texas Banned Books Project, is released during Banned Books Week, and numerous local ACLU of Texas chapters host readings in bookstores and libraries.
This year's will be the 11th annual report.
Banned Books Project
The ACLU Foundation of Texas Banned Books Project exists:
- To raise awareness about the level of book challenges and bans in Texas public school libraries;
- To encourage school officials to use professional librarian standards when confronted with a challenge;
- To encourage other ACLU affiliates, library associations, and similar freedom of expression interest groups to conducting similar surveys in their own states.
Voting Rights Presentation Materials Now Available!
On March 8, 2008, the ACLU Foundation of Texas held a voting rights panel as a part of our 70th Anniversary Conference in San Antonio. The handouts from that panel are accessible below for your convenience. Read More...
Texas School Board Agrees To Stop Teaching Unconstitutional Bible Class In Public Schools
The Ector County School Board agreed today to stop teaching a course in its public schools that unconstitutionally promotes a particular interpretation of the Bible that is not shared by Jews, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and most Protestants. Read More...
ACLUTX 2008 Summer Intern Announcement
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas is accepting applications for summer 2008 law internships. The ACLU is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights through litigation, legislation, and public education. The Texas affiliate of the ACLU, founded in 1938, is headquartered in Austin, and includes a regional office in Houston and thirteen chapters with over 17,000 members statewide. Read More...
Happy Banned Books Week!
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU) is proud to release their 11th Annual Banned Books Report entitled “Free People Read Freely” as part of Banned Books Week, which is celebrated nationwide. Read More...
10th Annual Banned Books Report
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2006: Which Texas school removed "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison from its library shelves? Which school retained "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee despite challenges of "racial slurs and bigotry"? What does acclaimed author Judy Blume have to say to Texans about censorship? Find out in "Free People Read Freely," ACLU Foundation of Texas' 10th annual banned books report, available here. Read More...
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2006: Judy Blume Speaks with ACLU of Texas
In a prelude to National Banned Books Week (September 23-30), the ACLU of Texas presents an interview with acclaimed author, and anti-censorship activist, Judy Blume. Read More...
ACLU Foundation of Texas Announces 10th Annual Banned Books Report
Banned books week 2006 is September 23-30, 2006. ACLU Foundation of Texas' 10th Annual Banned Books report in progress. Read More...
Brazos Valley Chapter's high school essay contest
The "Let Freedom Ring" essay contest encourages students to think critically about freedom of speech and expression. Read More...
Ban This Booklist! 50 Books to Boost Your Civil Liberties Savvy
From The Color Purple to Black Boy, Fahrenheit 451 to Stonewall, here are fifty books - selected by the ACLU as part of Banned Books Week 2005- that have become American classics about the search for liberty and justice. Read More...
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
ACLU Blogs Intelligent Design Trial
"The ACLU of Pennsylvania is litigating Kitzmiller v..."
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
Austin School Refuses to Ban Book
"It is Banned Books Week 2005, and today's Austin American-Statesman has a front page story about an unsuccessful attempt at book banning, "St..."
Banned Books Week 2005 - ACLU of Texas Report Released
ACLU of Texas released "Free People Speak Freely," our 9th annual report on books banned or challenged in Texas public schools. Read More...
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