Press Release on the New York State Assembly’s Obscenity Bill

"Obscenity Bill" Press Release

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Title: Press Release on the New York State Assembly’s Obscenity Bill
 

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 This press release, by the Executive board of the NCLA, affirms the organizations stance on what the state called ‘objectionable’ material. They believed these laws would present a threat to free expression, and have an adverse effect on education by classifying certain textbooks and art as objectionable.
NY Heritage Topic:  NCLA
Date of Original:  Circa 1960’s
Physical Format:  Paper Document
Type:  Document
Language: English
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Nassau-Suffolk Classroom Teachers Association – Press Release, 1966

Nassau Suffolk Classroom Teacher Association: Press Release May 10, 1966

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Title: Nassau-Suffolk Classroom Teachers Association – Press Release, 1966
Description: Under two NYS laws, some works of art and fiction, within libraries, might have been considered pornography. This document is a Press Release by the NSCTA, showing solidarity with the NCLA in support of the Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read principle, which supported those ‘questionable works of art and fiction.
NY Heritage Topic:  NCLA
Date of Original:  May 10, 1966
Physical Format:  Paper Document
Type:  Document
Language: English
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State Librarians Stress Opposition to Bookburning

State Librarians Stress Opposition to 'Bookburning'

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Title: State Librarians Stress Opposition to Bookburning
Description: This Newspaper clipping highlights the influence the NCLA had on the New York Library Association’s stance on ‘bookburning.’ This article references the ‘Russia’ situation, developing in New Hyde Park, where Maude Willdig had refused to return the Book ‘Russia’ by Vernon Ives because she believed it to be subversive.
NY Heritage Topic:  NCLA
Date of Original: October 11, 1954
Physical Format:  Newspaper Clipping
Type:  Document
Language: English
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