Constitution and Citizenship Day and Banned Books Week. Burn the Books: The Fight for Free Expression
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- Date/Time
- 09/23/2014 7:00 PM EST - 9:00 PM EST
- Location
- Learning Commons @ Perry Library - 1310 & 1311
- Fee
- Free
- Description
- Hundreds of books are challenged in public schools and libraries each year. Who can challenge a book? How does a book’s popularity affect challenges? Where does intellectual freedom end and censorship begin? What does the First Amendment’s free expression clause really mean? Keynote Speaker: Professor Alicia Defonzo, English Department Panel Discussion: Professor KaaVonia Hinton- Johnson, Department of Teaching and Learning in Education; Professor Elizabeth Groeneveld, Department of Women’s Studies; Professor Shenita Brazelton, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Ms. Lucinda Rush, Education Reference Services Librarian. Moderator: Elizabeth Esinhart, Director, Interdisciplinary Studies
