Books & Freedom
Book Banning and Burning in the United States of America
A nation that burns books today will burn people tomorrow. The suppression of knowledge is the first act of tyranny.
The War on Knowledge
Book banning and burning are not relics of history. They are happening right now, in American schools and libraries, orchestrated by political forces that fear what free minds can do when they read freely.
The United States — a nation founded on the principles of free thought, free speech, and the pursuit of knowledge — is witnessing a coordinated campaign to remove books from the hands of its children and citizens.
This page exists as a permanent record, a permanent protest, and a permanent reminder: the burning of books is the burning of civilization itself.
Watch: Book Banning and Burning in America
A documentary examination of the forces behind the suppression of books in the United States of America.
We Will Not Be Silenced
Every book that has ever been banned or burned was banned or burned because it told the truth. Truth is dangerous to those who profit from ignorance.
We stand with every author, every teacher, every librarian, and every student who refuses to accept the erasure of knowledge. We stand with every book that has ever been pulled from a shelf by fearful hands.
Knowledge is not a threat. It is the only thing that has ever made us free.
— Dr. Sabri G. Bebawi