On Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will celebrate the third annual First Amendment Day.
This campus-wide, day-long event is designed to both celebrate the First Amendment and explore its role in the lives of Carolina students.
Students and university community members will read from banned books, sing banned music and discuss the importance of each of the rights protected by the First Amendment, the need to be tolerant when others exercise their rights and the public university’s special role as a marketplace of ideas. First Amendment Day is observed during National Banned Books Week.
First Amendment Day is organized by the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. The UNC Center for Media Law and Policy is a collaboration between the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Law.