Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the tenth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA's commitment to fighting censorship. Beginning with an introductory essay that chronicles ALA policy making on intellectual freedom, this important resource includes sections discussing such foundational issues as

• library advocacy on social and political issues, from post-World War I disarmament, to Vietnam-era protests, to the call to revisit the field’s rhetoric concerning neutrality;


• the evolution of the Library Bill of Rights, such as the 1978 revision that eliminated its use of sex-linked pronouns and ALA Council actions rescinding the 2018 interpretation on meeting rooms;


• protecting the freedom to read;


• diverse collections and equity, diversity, and inclusion, new to this edition;


• ALA’s complicated history on race, including a 1936 statement opposing discrimination, inaction amidst litigation to desegregate libraries in the 1950s and 1960s, and protests over Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law;


• ALA's Code of Ethics;


• how to respond to challenges and concerns about library resources;


• internet filtering, minors and online activity, and education and information literacy;


• programs and displays;


• policy on governmental intimidation; 


• copyright; and


• privacy and confidentiality, including the retention of library usage records.