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Birmingham Library Hosts 'A Blind Date With a Banned Book'

September 22, 2014, 4:54 PM

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Yes, it is hard to imagine such great works as "The Great Gatsby," "Catcher in the Rye" and "The Grapes of Wrath" banned from libraries.

But they were.

In honor of the struggle to fight censorship, the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham is hosting Banned Books Week, which runs through Saturday, along with other members of the American Library Association.

The Metro Times writes:

Adults can participate in "A Blind Date with a Banned Book" where they can check out wrapped books, going on a "blind date" with texts that have been challenged by society.

Notable banned books over the years include: 

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • Ulysses by James Joyce
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov
  • Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  • As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • Native Son by Richard Wright
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
  • The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Fifty Shades of Gray by E. L. James


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