A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom

Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the tenth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA's commitment to fighting censorship. Beginning with an introductory essay that chronicles ALA policy making on intellectual freedom, this important resource includes sections discussing such foundational issues as library advocacy on social and political issues, from post-World War I disarmament, to Vietnam-era protests, to the call to revisit th