Banned Books Week: News Coverage of Textbook Burnings During World War I
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
During the last week of September, a number of organizations observe Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read. As the Library of Congress is currently commemorating the hundredth anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War I, this is an opportunity to explore a wave of book burnings in American towns that took place during the war.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Poetry and Literature