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Anti-Censorship Center: http://www.ncte.org/action/anti-censorship

National Council of Teachers of English. Find out about students' right to read, guidelines for material selection in English Language Arts programs, and the rationale for teaching challanged books.
Banned Books: http://libraries.luc.edu/about/banned/index.htm

Loyola University Chicago Libraries. 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

Full text of books that have been suppressed by legal authorities, books considered unfit for for schools and minors, and information about censorship.
Banned Books: 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 organizations that fight censorship.
Banned & Challenged Books: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/index.cfm

American Library Association. Includes notable quotes, First Amendment cases, and a list of the most challenged books of the past year.
Censorship: http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/censorship

From the American Civil Liberties Union, this website discusses how current affairs affect censorship.
First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/firstamendment/firstamendment.cfm

The United States Constitution's First Amendment and comments, from the American Library Association.
Frequently Challenged Books: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm

A list compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Index on Censorship: http://www.indexoncensorship.org/

Current news of free speech violations and incidents of censorship around the world.
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.
Social Issues: Censorship: http://www.multcolib.org/sochc.html#censor

A list of websites presenting different viewpoints about censorship and what it stands for.