The following sites provide comprehensive or unique resources relating to the work of the ACLU in this issue area. While some of these sites are operated by organizations that work frequently in coalition with the ACLU, the sites may also include materials on positions we do not share.
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Banned Books On-line
Based at Carnegie Mellon, this on-line exhibit provides links to books banned in libraries and schools across the country, but available on the Internet in electronic form. In keeping with its subject matter the format of Banned Books On-line is textual essay, with approximately 50 embedded links.
Index on Censorship
The on-line site for the magazine Index on Censorship focuses, like its parent publication, on the "fundamental questions of free speech. Site content includes excerpts from the current issue, most notably the magazine's aptly-named Index Index tracking incidents of censorship country-by-country. Features unique to the web issue can be found in the form of actual audio interviews replacing the reporter's transcripted versions, and a gallery of banned cartoons.
Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University
The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University provides information about the organization, back issues of the First Amendment News newsletter, an array of FAC reports and publications, and material relating to the Freedom Speaks television program. Users are also encouraged to look up contact information for their Congressional representatives, using a clickable map of the U.S.
Freedom to Read Foundation
Established to promote and defend the first amendment; to foster libraries and institutions wherein every individual's First Amendment freedoms are fulfilled; and to support the right of libraries to include in their collections and make available any work which they may legally acquire.
Feminists for Free Expression
Materials on feminism, censorship, and pornography, from a group dedicated to presenting the "feminist" arguments against censorship.
FACT
This site includes alerts from the First Amendment Cyber-Tribune -- an excellent source for current events -- as well as links, documents and discussions, all arrayed in an easy-to-navigate table format.
The Institute for First Amendment Studies
The Institute, founded in 1984 to expose and counter the political activities of the religious right, has put its monthly journal online. The Freedom Fighter is fully hypertexted, including a table of contents.
See/Hear/Speak No Evil
This page, covers free speech issues, news, and opinions, and has a handful of interesting link titles.
FAIR
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) "seeks to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater media pluralism and the inclusion of public interest voices in the national debate."
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Organization dedicated to providing free legal help to journalists and news organizations. National Coalition Against Censorship
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) is an alliance of over 40 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. NCAC strives to create a climate of opinion hospitable to First Amendment freedoms in the broader community.
American Library Association
A web site for the ALA, which has long stood for intellectual freedoms.
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