Re: Censorship

["Lewis, Mary Stewart" <mslewis@BENJAMINSCHOOL.COM>]

Can anyone recommend a good (preferably short) article on the importance of
intellectual freedom/avoidance of censorship?

The most powerful article I have even read on censorship is by Archibald
MacLeish. The article is an address he gave at the dedication of the
Carleton College Library in 1956.  The title is "A Tower Which Will Not
Yield."  It can be found in his Book Champion of a Cause.  The book is out
of print, but it is well worth the time and effort to locate a copy.  Every
year I pull the article out during the first month of school and reread it
to remind myself what we are supposed to be all about.

Mary Stewart Lewis, Director of Library Services
The Benjamin School
11000 Ellison Wilson Rd, North Palm Beach, FL 33408
(561) 626-3747 x 125  FAX (561) 775-7079
mslewis@benjaminschool.com

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