First Details on Fall Exhibition

Our fall exhibition traces the history of suppressed literature from Homer and Confucius to the Harry Potter books. To highlight the fact that censorship is an ongoing problem that impacts nearby communities, we have mapped a selection of recent censorship incidents.

&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;amp;msid=104565158894565495802.00044eb79f6ed2049efc6&amp;amp;amp;ll=36.457817,-120.179644&amp;amp;amp;spn=6.454942,6.607987&amp;amp;amp;source=embed&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;amp;msid=104565158894565495802.00044eb79f6ed2049efc6&amp;amp;amp;ll=36.457817,-120.179644&amp;amp;amp;spn=6.454942,6.607987&amp;amp;amp;source=embed&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;color:#0000FF;text-align:left&amp;quot;&amp;gt;View Larger Map&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The map shows activity &amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ms&amp;quot;&amp;gt;in California from the last six years, based on reports to the &amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;https://www.ala.org&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;https://www.ala.org&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;ALA home page&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;American Library Association&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (ALA), along with selected incidents reported in the press since 1984. These are only a few of the attempts to censor reading materials in California, since the majority of book challenges and bans go unreported.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;