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War on Words: Censorship in Times of Crisis: http://www.aclu.org/campaigns/waronwords/

From the American Civil Liberties Union, this website discusses how current affairs affect censorship.
Anti Censorship Center: http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/censorship

This website from the National Council of Teachers of English helps educators respond to censorship challenges and guides educators to best practices in selecting materials for language arts programs.
Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources: http://libraries.luc.edu/about/banned/

From Loyola University Chicago Libraries, this website explores censorship, Banned books, intellectual freedom and more. Find out about censorship worldwide.
Banned Books On-Line: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

From the On-Line Books page, this website presents the full text of books that have been supressed by legal authorities, books considered unfit for for schools and minors, and has lots of other information about censorship.
Banned Books Week: http://www.amnestyusa.org/bannedbooks/

Amnesty International's list of individuals who are suffering persecution because of the writings that they produce, circulate or read. Includes a list of books and articles discussing Banned books and censorship, and links to other organizations that fight censorship.
Banned Books Week: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

The American Library Association website of challenged and Banned books. Includes notable quotes, First Amendment cases, a list of the most challenged books of the past year, and more.
First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/firstamendment.htm

The United States Constitution's First Amendment and comments, from the American Library Association.
Index for Free Expression: http://www.indexonline.org/

Current news of free speech violations and incidents of censorship around the world. Arranged by country.
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml

The Oregon State Library's Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse monitors challenges to library materials in the state of Oregon, in an attempt to document the level of censorship attempts in our state.
Social Issues: Censorship: http://www.multcolib.org/sochc.html#censor

Opposing viewpoints about censorship and what it stands for. Includes legislative information also.
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

A list compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.