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====Date: [[:Category:1951 - 1975|1951 - 1975]] [[:Category:1976 - 1984|1976 - 1984]] [[:Category:1985 - 1995|1985 - 1995]]====
====Date: [[:Category:1997|1997]]====






====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====






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






====Medium: [[:Category:Textbook|Textbook]] [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|Category:]]====
====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




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'''Description of Artwork:''' The two reference books are complete dictionaries of the English language.  <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' A complete dictionary 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>
'''The Incident:''' The NAACP requested that the Merriam-Webster as well as the [[American Heritage Dictionary]] change the definition of the word, "nigger." <P>




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'''Source:''' Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit
'''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]






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Revision as of 19:58, 9 August 2011

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 as well as the American Heritage Dictionary 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