Photo of banned book covers: I am Jazz, Gender Queer, And Tango Makes Three.

The Fresno State Library presents “Banned and Challenged Books” an exhibition exploring the issue of censorship and the freedom to read throughout the United States. Filled with thought-provoking imagery, facts and data from the American Library Association (ALA) on challenged literature, the exhibition serves as a reminder of the unifying power of stories and the divisiveness of censorship. The exhibition opens during the ALA’s Banned Books Week and runs from Sep. 23 to Oct. 18, 2024 in the Pete P. Peters Balcony Gallery on the 3rd Floor during the Library’s regular operating hours.

Additional Library-sponsored programming includes a CineCulture panel discussion and screening of “ABCs of Book Banning” in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (by the Savemart Center) on Friday, Sep. 20 at 5:30 p.m. and a screening of Butterfly in the Sky: The Reading Rainbow Story on October 2 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery on the Library’s 2nd Floor. 

For information or to arrange class or guided visits, please contact librarian Arantes Armendariz in Research Services at 559.278.2174.