Merriam-Webster Dictionary
From Censorpedia
Date: 1951 - 1975 1976 - 1984 1985 - 1995
Region: North America [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Language [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|Category:]]
Medium: Textbook [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|Category:]]
Artist: American Heritage Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Confronting Bodies: different entities including NAACP
Dates of Action: Throughout the 1970s and the 1990s
Location: United States
Description of Artwork: The two reference books are complete dictionaries of the English language.
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."
Results of Incident: Unknown
Source: Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
