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Volz, Edward J. – School Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of music censorship provides a chronology of banned music from 1850 to the present. Highlights include reasons for music censorship, including lyrics that concern politics, sex, drugs, or death; rewriting song lyrics; radio air play versus sales; warning labels; First Amendment principles; and suggestions to defuse censorship in…
Descriptors: Audiodisks, Audiotape Recordings, Censorship, Library Administration
Peer reviewedCoggins, Timothy L. – School Law Bulletin, 1986
The "Pico v. Island Trees Union Free School District" decision affirmed students' right to receive information under the First Amendment and concluded that removing books from school libraries infringes on that right. Book removals solely to suppress ideas are open to court review in the absence of clearly established administrative…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Boards of Education, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education
