Guerrant leads U.Va. Many people have some notion of limits on what should be made widely available to the public.
Censorship can take many forms and affect many mediums.
The exhibition addresses censorship of children's and adult literature, film, art, music, science, correspondence to and from soldiers during wartime, and more. It presents some of the justifications for censoring, as well as the reactions of those censored. A writer or artist may be imprisoned, fined, fired, or silenced. To witness some of the various forms of censorship, visitors to the exhibition can read portions of once-censored works, listen to censored music and watch censored film clips. Whitman lost his job with the U.S. Government when his supervisor found the annotated book among his possessions.