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Vol. 77/No. 39      November 4, 2013

 
Defend freedom to read,
think for ourselves
 
Below is an excerpt from a letter sent Oct. 19 from the Militant to Barbara Jones, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, which joined the successful fight to convince the Randolph County, N.C., Board of Education to reverse its book ban on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. The letter concluded by drawing attention to the Militant’s successful fight against censorship of its paper in Florida state prisons, a complement to the victory in Randolph County.

The Militant congratulates the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, as well as other groups and individuals such as the Randolph County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union, for your efforts in winning a reversal of the Randolph County, N.C., Board of Education’s September 16 decision to ban Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man from school libraries there.

For working people, the freedom to read what we want without legal restrictions or other obstacles is crucial to be able to think, discuss and act in our interests. The victory you helped to win over censorship and book-banning is a strong reminder of the broad support for defense of these basic political rights.
 
 
Related articles:
‘Militant’ victory part of fight against prison, other censorship
N.C. school board rescinds ban on ‘Invisible Man’
 
 
 
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