ALA Liberty and Justice Book Awards

Awards totalling $30,000, made by ALA, to authors of books published in 1956 and in 1957 which make distinguished contributions to the American tradition of liberty and justice.

The purpose of the ALA Liberty and Justice Book Awards is to draw attention of Americans to outstanding books in this important area; to encourage authors and publishers in creating such books; to recognize those who do so.

About

Year Began: 1956 - Year Terminated: 1958

Administered by:

Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)

Categories:

Intellectual Freedom

Details

Frequency: Annual

Awards of $5,000 each to authors of aformentioned categories.
The publishers of prize-winning books receive scroll citations

Next Deadline

February 27, 2012

Professional Recognition Information

	Title	Year
	The Challenge of Soviet Education 1958 - Winner(s)	1958 - Winner(s)
	Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin 1958 - Winner(s)	1958 - Winner(s)
	The Prisoners of Combine D. 1958 - Winner(s)	1958 - Winner(s)

	Title	Year
	Individual Freedom and Governmental Restraints 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	New Worlds for Old 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Walk Through the Valley 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	All Honorable Men 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Whipping Boy 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Six Television Plays 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	The Organization Man 1957 - Winner(s) The book explores some of the ideologies that have accompanied the growth of large-scale corporations, in particular the bureaucratization of modern society and its effect...	1957 - Winner(s)
	Freedom's Fetters 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law 1957 - Winner(s) The first full-dress biography of the twelfth Chief Justice of the United States tracing Fiske Stone's career in detail from his childhood to his final...	1957 - Winner(s)
	Voice at the Back Door 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Further Fables for Our Time 1957 - Winner(s) In the style of Aesop and La Fontaine, but with a barbed tip of contemporary significance, Thurber points up the faults and foibles of modern...	1957 - Winner(s)
	Three Human Rights in the Constitution of 1787 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)
	Blessings of Liberty 1957 - Honorable Mention(s)	1957 - Honorable Mention(s)

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