A Crisis of Innocence

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Anderson,_Sophie_Gengembre_-_No_Walk_Today.jpg
Victorian-era oil painting of a young girl looking wistfully out a window.

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Outlines an initiative in which children traded in 10 Comic Books to receive 1 classic novel. This article speaks to the great success of such an event.

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"John Chiangi and Lisa Drobnes add their comic book collection in the back of a pickup truck at Norwich, Conn., Feb. 26, 1955. The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion has scheduled a burning of such books, inviting children to bring in 10 books…

obscene publications act 1959.pdf
Provides the details of the 1959 British Act to amend the law concerning the publication and distribution of obscene material.

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Claims that comics have no merit because they do not instill a love for the English language, which is instilled by other forms of literature.

Our Children.pdf
Discusses the need to burn comics since they should not be in the hands of children.

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Claims that it is not the fault of comic books that children are growing more and more delinquent, rather it is issues in the home that are causing juvenile delinquency.

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Deals with the fact that the only way to get rid of horror and crime comics is to work together to get them away from children.

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Features a scholarly source claiming that distinctions need to be made between good and bad comic books. While Richmond claims there is merit in the "good" ones, the bad ones are causing children to become violent.

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A "true-crime story" about four generations of a murderous family in Revolution-era France
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