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The First Book to be banned in modern history
King James the First banned Sir Walter Raleigh's book The History of the World for “being too saucy in censuring princes" in 1614 being one of the first even books to be banned that we know of. -
New English Canaan
New English Canaan was the first book ever to be banned within the United States -
American Booksellers Association
The ABA was established in 1900 and one of the first of many groups opposed to the banning of books and said it violated there right of freedom of expression. -
Law about schools banning book's
Protecting the rights of students to express as well as receive information, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a book or periodical must be "pervasively vulgar" to constitute an adequate ground for banning. -
Harry Potter
One of the most controversial books to this day was written and published which would cause countless debates. -
Attempted Ban of Harry Potter
In 2005, Laura Mallory attempted to have the Harry Potter books banned from her children's school library because they promoted a religion, Wicca, and thus for a public school library to hold them would violate the separation of church and state. -
Current Banned Books
As of 2018, there has been a total of 483 banned books within the US -
China Dream by Ma Jian (2018) Banned
China Dream is one of the most recent books to be banned by the United States
