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- Office for Intellectual Freedom-American Library AssociationAbout Banned & Challenged books.
- The File RoomSearch an archive of censorship cases by keyword, date, location, grounds for censorship and medium.
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Book Bans and Challenges Map
American Library Association Banned Books and Challenges
Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2011
Hundreds of books are challenged in schools and libraries in the United States each year. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, while a banning reflects the actual removal of those materials. The American Library Association (ALA) provides confidential support to teachers and librarians and tracks challenges that occur. ALA recorded 460 challenges in 2009 but estimates that this reflects only 20-25% of actual incidents, as most challenges are never reported.
This map is drawn from cases documented by ALA and the Kids' Right to Read Project, a collaboration of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. Details are available in ALA's "Books Banned and Challenged 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2011-2012 and 2012-2013," and the "Kids' Right to Read Project Report."
