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Show Monday, September 26, 1988 Chronicle - Page Tfen Would you Call Huck Finn a racist? r OPEN BOOKS FOR OPEN MINDS 8 Mark Twain. T10 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Banned in the Concord, Mass. Public Library (1885) as "trash and suitable only for the slums"; excluded from the children's room of the Brooklyn, N.Y. Public Library (1905) on the grounds that "Huck not only itched but scratched, and that he said sweat when he should have said perspiration"; removed from the New York City (1957) list of Fla. Junior College approved books for senior and junior high schools and the Miami-Dadrequired reading list (1969) partly because of objections to frequent use of the term "nigger." Challenged as a "racist" novel in libraries in Winnetka, III. (1976); Warrington, Pa. (1981); Davenport, Iowa (1981); Fairfax County, Va. (1982); Houston, Tex. (1982); State College Pa Area e, School District (1983); Springfield, diL(s(gi?(i III. (1984); Waukegan, III. (1984). . BANNED BOOKS WEEK SEPTEMBER oooan 24-OCTOB- ER 1,1988 UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CAMPUS v Quarter Opening Hours: Men.-- Frl.: 7:30 am to 7:30 pm; Sat.: 10:00 am to 3.00 pm. |