UA to host symposium on academic freedom and censorship

"CENSORSHIP, FREE SPEECH AND FREE PRESS IN THE UNIVERSITY."

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Professors, authors, editors and other experts on freedom of expression speech will speak at the Bankhead Historical Symposium titled “Censorship, Free Speech and Free Press in the University” held Oct. 13 and 14 on The University of Alabama campus.

The symposium is free and open to the public.

The two-day event, co-sponsored by the UA department of history, UA Libraries, student and faculty organizations, will begin with a reception and opening the “Banned in Bama” exhibit at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library in Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on Hackberry Lane, Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

According to David Beito at Liberty and Power, "the speakers are a politically diverse group including David French of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Donald A. Downs, a University of Wisconsin professor and author of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus, and John K. Wilson, author of The Myth of Political Correctness."