Academic Freedom

ACLU Opposes Censoring Snow Falling on Cedars

News Release, Published:

Monday, November 2, 2009

The ACLU's Kitsap County Chapter fought an effort to censor David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, a murder mystery about prejudice toward Japanese Americans after World War II. After South Kitsap County School District teacher and parent review panels endorsed the book, a vocal group of parents condemned the acclaimed work as pornographic.

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