The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974,
is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including
literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor,
and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of
thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to
educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers
of censorship and how to oppose them.
To promote and defend First Amendment values of freedom of
thought, inquiry and expression.
To oppose restraints on open communication and to support
access to information.
To encourage, support and coordinate activities of national
organizations in opposition to censorship.
To encourage understanding that restrictions on the free
interchange of ideas threaten religious, moral, political, artistic
and intellectual freedom.
NCAC's Participating Organizations
Actors' Equity Association
American Association of School Administrators
American Association of University Professors
American Association of University Women
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
American Civil Liberties Union
American Ethical Union
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Television & Radio Artists
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
American Library Association
American Literary Translators Association
American Orthopsychiatric Association
American Society of Journalists & Authors
Americans United for Separation of Church & State
Association of American Publishers
Authors League of America
Catholics for a Free Choice
Children's Literature Association
College Art Association
The Creative Coalition
Directors Guild of America
First Amendment Lawyers Association
International Reading Association
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Modern Language Association
National Communication Association
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council of the Churches of Christ
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Teachers of English
National Education Association
The Newspaper Guild/CWA
Office of Communication, United Church of Christ
PEN American Center
People for the American Way
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Screen Actors Guild
Sexuality Information & Education Council of the U.S.
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
Student Press Law Center
Union of Democratic Intellectuals
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Methodist Communications, United Methodist Church
Women's American ORT
Writers Guild of America, East
Writers Guild of America, West