Organizers say the public reading from the banned books will reinforce Penn State Abington's commitment to freedom of speech and the importance of free thinking.
Penn State Abington students and faculty marked national Banned Books Week by reading from books that have been challenged, censored, or banned. The books included "Catcher in the Rye," "Heather Has Two Mommies," and "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Penn State Abington's Alexia Hudson-Ward and her American Library Association (ALA) colleagues marked Banned Books Week by sharing excerpts from controversial titles. Hudson-Ward chose a passage from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," dedicating it to ALA member Cynthia Hurd. Hurd was among nine people murdered inside a Charleston, S.C., church this summer.
