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====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Textbook|Textbook]]====
 
 
 
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'''Artist:''' [[American Heritage Dictionary]] and [[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]


'''Confronting Bodies:''' different entities including NAACP
'''Confronting Bodies:''' different entities including NAACP


 
'''Confronted Bodies:''' Dictionary Publishers


'''Dates of Action:''' Throughout the 1970s and the 1990s
'''Dates of Action:''' Throughout the 1970s and the 1990s


'''Location:''' United States
'''Location:''' United States


'''Description of Artwork:''' A complete dictionary of the English language.  <P>


 
'''The Incident:''' The NAACP requested that the Merriam-Webster change the definition of the word, "nigger." <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' The two reference books are complete dictionaries of the English language.  <P>
 
 
 
'''The Incident:''' Throughout the years, the two dictionaries have faced multiple incidences of censorship.  Recently, the NAACP requested that the dictionaries change the definition of the word, "nigger." <P>
 
 


'''Results of Incident:''' Unknown <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Unknown <P>


 
'''Source:''' Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit, [http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/naacp-asks-merriam-webster-revise-definition-nigger More Information Here]
 
'''Source:''' Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit






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Latest revision as of 16:47, 10 February 2012

Date: 1997

Region: North America

Subject: Language

Medium: Textbook

Confronting Bodies: different entities including NAACP

Confronted Bodies: Dictionary Publishers

Dates of Action: Throughout the 1970s and the 1990s

Location: United States

Description of Artwork: A complete dictionary of the English language.

The Incident: The NAACP requested that the Merriam-Webster change the definition of the word, "nigger."

Results of Incident: Unknown

Source: Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit, More Information Here

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