A Current (1995) Banning Action in Upstate New York
- Artist/Author/Producer: James Baldwin, Robert Cormier,
J.D.Salinger
- Confronting Bodies: Hudson Falls School
Board, Hudson Falls, NY
- Dates of action: Ongoing -
February 1995
- Location: Hudson Falls, NY 12839
- Description of the Art Work
- Banning of Catcher in the Rye, Go Tell It On The Mountain,
The Chocolate War, and A Boy's Life. Grounds include sex scenes
("dirty books"), and themes of questioning authority.
- Description of incident
- Parents objected to several of theses books (only The Chocolate War
is actually on the curriculum) and asked that they be removed
from the curriculum and library. The Superintendant of Schools
decided not to comply with this (circa Nov 1994), but now the
School Board is pushing the action anyway (Feb 1995).
- Results of incident
- Unknown as yet.
Source: Local paper - The Post Star, Family, English teacher.
MacLaren North (Chippendale, NSW, Australia)
record no: s39
