Books & Books and the ACLU Host Panel Discussion On Vamos A Cuba U.S. Supreme Court Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 13, 2009
CONTACT:
ACLU of Florida Communications Office (786) 363-2737 or media@aclufl.org
MIAMI – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and Books & Books will host a dynamic panel discussion about the Miami-Dade School library book censorship case involving Vamos a Cuba and an entire series of travel books for children that is now before the United States Supreme Court. Participants include former Miami-Dade School Board member Evelyn Greer, who had opposed the School Board’s decision ordering the removal of the books and is speaking out about the controversy for the first time; University of Miami Law professor JoNel Newman and ACLU Legal Director Randall Marshall, the ACLU attorneys who brought the case to the Supreme Court; and Mitch Kaplan, representing The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.
WHAT: Banned in Miami – Vamos a Cuba Panel Discussion
WHO: Evelyn Greer, former Miami-Dade School Board member
JoNel Newman, University of Miami Law professor
Randall Marshall, ACLU Legal Director
Mitch Kaplan, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
WHEN: October 24, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Books and Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
About the ACLU of Florida
The ACLU of Florida is freedom's watchdog, working daily in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend individual rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. For additional information, visit our web site at: www.aclufl.org.
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