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Banned Books Event
by Randall Kallinen, President, Houston ACLU
Sunday, Sep. 24, 2006 at 3:16 PM
attorneykallinen@aim.com 713/320-3785
Yes, books are still being banned in places in America. This Tuesday, September 26, 4:30 - 6:00 pm, there will be a banned books reading at the South Texas College of Law to raise awareness of the dangers of banning books.
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
— John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
Come raise awareness of the continued banning of books in America by attending a Banned Book Event for the Banned Books Week's 10th Anniversary
this Tuesday, September 26, 2006, from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm in the Student Lounge at the South Texas College of Law, 1303 San Jacinto. Food and refreshments will be served. The event will feature
readings from banned and challenged books by:
Dean James Alfini, Carol Alvarado, Isaiah Warner,
Professor Kathleen Bergin, Professor Shelby Moore
Mark Lambert, Randall Kallinen, Mujteba Naqvi, Michelle Hughes, Shailey Gupta-Brietzke, and Heather Busby.
The event is sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Houston Chapter and ACLU of Texas and the
Fred Parks Law Library, South Texas College of Law
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”
—Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
For the complete 2006 report on banned books go to
http://www.aclutx.org/files/2006%20Banned%20Books%20Report.pdf
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