Leaves of Grass was legally banned in Boston in the 1880s and libraries throughout the country refused to buy it. The publisher was forbidden to sell or to distribute the encyclopedia. The set belonging to U.Va. contains an additional volume with over 300 original proof pages of articles with corrections in the hand of Denis Diderot. Popular children's literature often receives the greatest amount of scrutiny. Some items on display are editions Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Little Red Riding Hood , and The Stupids Have a Ball by Harry Allard, all of which have been challenged by various groups at one time or another.
Music has the power to greatly affect people and thus is often censored.
In the 1950s, Elvis scandalized America with his hip-shaking sexuality. When he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, the cameras did not show him from the waist down. In the 1980s, rap music became phenomenally popular and the subject of controversy. Certain artists are thought to incite violence against police, women and society. Often it seems wrong to suppress materials.