The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has recorded more than 7,000 book challenges since 1990, including 448 challenges last year. Each challenge is an -->effort<-- to remove books from school curricula or library shelves. ~ American Library Association press release.

But Faldage is right, it takes effort and courage to keep up the fight for free speech-- especially when the speech is not something you like. ~ of troy

Copy of e-mail sent to ALA by milum (that's me) in the spirit of of troy.

Good-day ALA,

Me chums and me are having an electronic discussion on AWAD concerning Banned Book Week. Would one of you fine folk at ALA explain to the gang the various ways that books are challenged in attempts to effect their removal from our libraries?

Thank you,
Milo Washington.