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Resource Overview
Resource Overview
2022-12-12T14:07:48-05:00
Ready to fight for your right to think, create and explore? Start here. NCAC’s resources help activists, educators, students, artists and all citizens promote free expression and challenge censorship. Learn about your First Amendment rights, what censorship can look like, techniques for preventing it, how to handle incidents of silencing and specific ways to defend free expression in your communities and nationally.
Quick Guide
First Amendment FAQs
What is Censorship?
The First Amendment in Schools
Artist Rights
Tools for Activists
Censorpedia
Censorship News Archive
Resources for
Activists
Artists
Authors
Curators and Art Administrators
Higher Education
Librarians
Students
Teachers, Parents and School Officials
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NCAC Resources
Name
Issue
Audience
Youth Censorship Database
Schools, Censorship, Books
General
Dramatic Changes: A Toolkit for Producing Stage Works on College Campuses in Turbulent Times
Schools, Theatre & Performance, Higher Education
General, artists, students, higher education
First Amendment Frequently Asked Questions
Censorship, Schools, Political Dissent
General
Book Challenge Crisis Hotline
Schools, Censorship, Books
Teachers, parents & school officials, librarians, activists, general
Responding to Book Challenges: A Handbook for Educators
Books, Schools
Teachers, school officials, librarians
The George Floyd Protests: A Free Expression Timeline
Internet, Political Dissent
General
Free Expression During the Coronavirus Pandemic Timeline
Internet, Political Dissent, Science
General
Virtual First Amendment Lesson Plan
Schools, Political Dissent, Books, Censorship
Teachers
Smart Tactics: Curating Difficult Content
Visual Art
Artists, Curators & Art Administrators
Defend LGBTQ Stories
Books, Schools, Sexuality
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, librarians
NCAC's Book Censorship Toolkit
Books, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, librarians
The Show Must Go On: A Toolkit for Organizing Against Theater Censorship in Public Schools
Schools, Theatre & Performance
Students, Teachers, Parents & School Officials, Drama
A Manual For Art Freedom
Visual Art
Artists, Curators & Art Administrators
Museum Best Practices for Managing Controversy
Visual Art
Curators & Art Administrators, Artists, Higher Ed
Art and Culture Censorship Timeline
Visual Art, Video Games
Artists, Curators & Art Administrators, Activists, Drama
LGBTQ Right to Read Resource Guide
Books, Sexuality
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, librarians
LGBTQ Book Bans and Challenges
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Student Journalism
Schools, Broadcasting
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Internet Filters
Internet, Schools
General
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Parents' Rights
Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials
BE HEARD! Protecting Your Protest Rights
Political Dissent, Schools
Students, activists
Student Protests During National Anthem and Pledge: A Resource and Timeline
Political Dissent, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, activists
Political Speech in Schools
Political Dissent, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, activists
Islam in the Classroom: Teaching About Religion is Not Religious Indoctrination
Religion, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Islam: Indoctrination or Education? A Timeline
Religion, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide
Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Student Expression: Web Pages, Dress Codes, and More
Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Harassment and Hate Speech
Schools, Harassment
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Promoting First Amendment Values at School
Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials
Criticizing your School
Schools, Political Dissent
Students
Sex and Censorship
Sexuality
General
Sex Education
Sexuality
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Sexting: Know Your Rights
Sexuality
Students
Student Artistic Expression
Visual Art, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, artists
NCAC Analysis: The First Amendment and School Policies on Harassment and Bullying
Harassment, Violence
General
NCAC Analysis: Hate Speech in Schools
Hate Speech, Schools
General
The First Amendment in Schools: Censorship
Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: How Big a Problem is Censorship
Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Censorship Policies
Schools, Sexuality
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Roles and Responsibilities
Schools, Books
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: The First Amendment and Public Schools
Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Sex and Sexuality
Schools, Sexuality
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Access to Information on the Internet
Schools, Internet
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Religious Expression in the Public Schools
Schools, Religion
Teachers, parents & school officials
The First Amendment in Schools: Student Publications
Schools, Broadcasting
Teachers, parents & school officials
The African-American Experience in Literature
Books
General
Kurt Vonnegut: Remembering a Hero of Free Speech
Books, Sexuality
General
Remote Control: Indecency Legislation Raises Fines and Fears
Broadcasting, Schools
General
Statement of Principles for Established Combat-Coverage Guidelines
Broadcasting
General
A Brief History of Film Censorship
Film & Video, Violence
General
Full Text of the So-Called "Academic Bill of Rights"
Higher Education
Higher Ed
1990 Wolf Trap Conference on Academic Freedom & Artistic Expression Statement
Higher Education, Visual Art
Artists, higher ed
Why the Departments of Education and Justice Must Retract Their Controversial 'Blueprint' and Protect Campus Speech
Higher Education
Higher Ed
Academic Freedom Concerns Raised by Yale's Singapore Campus
Higher Education
Higher Ed
NCAC Report: What's All This About Trigger Warnings?
Higher Education
Higher Ed
NCAC to Dept of Ed: Vague Definition of Harassment Under Title IX Threatens Student Free Speech
Higher Education, Harassment
Higher Ed
"Academic Bill Of Rights" - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Higher Education
Higher Ed
Facebook "True Threat" Case: NCAC Joins Brief to Supreme Court
Internet
General
Internet Filters in Schools and Libraries
Internet, Schools
Librarians, students teachers, parents & school officials, higher ed
Cyberbullying: How Widespread Is It?
Internet, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials, higher ed
Internet Filters
Internet, Schools
General
The Cyber-Library: Legal and Policy Issues Facing Public Libraries in the High-Tech era
Internet, Nudity & Pornography
Librarians
A Selective Timeline of the Internet and Censorship
Internet
General
A Timeline of Legislation Aiming to Protect Youth Online
Internet
General
Identifying What is Harmful or Inappropriate for Minors
Internet, Schools
Teachers, parents & school administrators
Watch What you Tweet: Schools, Censorship, and Social Media
Schools, Internet
Students, teachers, parents & school administrators
Network Neutrality and the Fight to Save the Internet: Background
Internet
Activists
Depictions of Animal Cruelty: NCAC's Amicus Curiae Brief in U.S. v. Stevens
Artists, curators & art administrators, activists, drama
What Can I do to protect free speech now: Tools for activists
Censorship, Violence
Activists, students, higher ed, artists
What is Censorship?
Censorship
General
Partly Annotated Bibliography: Books and Articles on Censorship
Censorship
General
Free Expression After September 11th: An Online Index
Censorship
General
Joint Letter: Any Federal Financial Industry Rescue Package Must Be Transparent
Government Transparency
Activists
Censoring Culture: Contemporary Threats to Free Expression
Censorship, Schools
General
Timelines of Censorship
Censorship
General
Free Speech Groups: U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Access Culture
Censorship
General
Music Censorship in America
Music
General
Black Voices Silenced
Music
General
NCAC Backgrounder: A Primer on Sex, Sexuality, and The Law
Nudity & Pornography
Artists, drama, activists, curators & art administrators
Free speech now
Political Dissent
Activists
The Struggle for Civil Rights and the First Amendment
Political Dissent
Activists, students, artists
Abolition of Slavery & Free Speech
Political Dissent
General
NCAC Testimony to US Commission on Civil Rights: Vague and Overbroad Definitions of Bully Threatens Students' Constitutional Rights
Schools
Students, activists, teachers, parents & school officials
Medical Ghostwriting
Science, Books
General
Disease Mongering
Science
General
Research Findings Suppressed by Government
Science, Religion
General
Science Suppressed or Distorted Inside the Executive Branch
Science, Broadcasting
General
Manipulation of University and Industry Research
Science
General
Politics Interfering with Science in High School Education
Science
General
Suppression of Military Technology Inside the Executive Branch
Science
General
Science Resources and Publications
Science
General
Overt Censorship of Science during the Bush Administration
Science, Religion
General
Congressional Hearings Expose Censorship of Science
Science, Schools
General
Feds Silence Scientists: An NCAC Report
Science, Harassment
General
Redacting the Science of Climate Change
Science, Schools
General
Stem Cell Research and the First Amendment
Science
General
Reports on the Effects of Conflict of Internet on Research
Science, Books
General
Research Findings Suppressed by Government - Health Science
Science
General
Scientists Accused of Manipulating Information to Promote Their Position
Science
General
FDA and EPA - Failure to Provide Public Access to Information
Science
General
Academic and Industry Research Distorted by Financial Interests
Science
General
Ideological Pressures Exercises by Public Officials on Academic Research
Science
General
Global Gag Rule: The Use of AIDS Funding to Control International Reproductive Health Policy
Science
General
Science and the Policies of the Obama Administration
Science
General
Research Findings Suppressed by Government - Environmental Science
Science
General
Manipulation of Perceptions about Scientific Fact
Science
General
Censoring Science: Battle over Creationism
Science, Schools
General
Government Secrecy Letters
Government Transparency
General
THE USA PATRIOT Act Six Months Later
Government Transparency, Harassment
General
Four Key Reforms for NSA Surveillance
Government Transparency, Books
General
Suppression of Gay/Straight Alliances on HS Campuses
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Abstinence-Only Education
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Abstinence Only Partner Organizations
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Sex and Health Education
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
Abstinence Only: Joint Statement and Opposition
Sexuality, Schools
Teachers, parents & school officials, students
Timeline of Abstinence-Only Education in U.S. Classrooms
Sexuality, Schools
Students, teachers, parents & school officials
NCAC Amici Curiae Brief in American Amusement Machine v. Kendrick
Video Games
General
NCAC Amici Curiae Brief in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Video Games
General
NCAC Testimony before the NYS Task Force on Youth Violence
Video Games
General
Comments on Massachusetts Senate Bill No. 168, Investigation of Video Games
Video Games
General
Only a Game: Why Censoring New Media Won't Stop Gun Violence
Video Games, Religion
General
A Timeline of Video Game Controversies
Video Games
General
Of Liberals and Conservatives: Using “Common Sense” to Censor Video Games
Video Games
General
Why Two Hundred Twenty-Eight Scholars Cautioned the APA
Video Games
General
NCAC Amici Curiae Brief Interactive Digital Software Assn v. St. Louis County
Violence
General
Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians
Books, Visual Art
Librarians, students teachers, parents & school officials
Making Art After September 11th: the ART NOW archive
Visual Art
Artists, curators & art administrators
Decency, Arts, and the First Amendment: The Case of Rudy Giuliani
Visual Art, Nudity & Pornography
Artists, curators & art administrators
Symbols Into Soldiers: Art, Censorship and Religion
Visual Art, Religion
Artists, curators & art administrators
Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) Archive
The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) began in 2000 as a project of NCAC to provide empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues and seek free speech-friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns. View archived work
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