On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
3/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
There had always been efforts to ban books, of course. And in the 1970s, those efforts exploded. In the early part of the decade, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom averaged 100 or so book challenges a year.
