I did my report on the First Amendment. The First Amendment of the United States states that, "Congress shall make no law against the freedom of speech, nor of the press." However, the list of banned books in public schools and libraries is astonishing. Most people against literary censorship act with what they beleive to be highest cause: protecting their families as well as their communities from evil. They see that they are preserving the values that the the entire society should take in to account. The result is always the denial of another person's right to read. And by denying that right, you deny the personal freedom that every child and young adult deserves. There is an excellent essay written by Nat Hentoff entitled, "Why Teach Us to
Read and Then Say We Can't". In his essay, Hentoff talks about several different ways books were challenged in public schools. Hentoff believes that eliminating books from schools is a form of thought control. He states, "Attempts to control what children read, and thereby think, have been increasing across the country. It is evident, supported by his findings, that there is a major problem in this country when it comes to the censorship of books that children can read. Why do people see it as a solution to the problems of America's education system? Some school distrcts were trying to ban Mark Twain's calssic,"Huckleberry Finn" because of what it contained. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was pursuin
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