[Nfbk] A Tidbit of Interesting History!

[Nickie Pearl]

Chris, wI wonder what took your professor so long to bring it up! LOL...
I was young back in the 80's & i had never heard about this. I just love these little interesting history bits.


Respectfully,
Nickie Pearl
502-489-4457
njp at twc.com 

> On Sep 28, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Stewart, Christopher K <chris.stewart at uky.edu> wrote:
> 
> I think it took all the way until my second day of law school before
> one of my male professors pulled me aside after class to tell me about
> that case. Haha!
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9/28/17, Nickie Pearl via NFBK <nfbk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> The following is a Facebook post from the National Library Service.  I just
>> found it interesting & wanted to share.
>> 
>> 
>> Hugh Hefner’s death on Wednesday at age 91 brings to mind “Playboy”
>> magazine’s role in the history of NLS. In the early 1980s, various
>> objections were raised about “Playboy” being offered as part of the NLS
>> magazine program. In response, the House and the Senate decided to end
>> taxpayer funding for the braille edition of the magazine. The American
>> Council of the Blind, the American Library Association, the Blinded Veterans
>> Association, and others filed suit, and on August 28, 1986, a federal judge
>> ruled that withholding funds for “Playboy” violated the First Amendment. NLS
>> continues to offer braille and audio editions of “Playboy.” And, just to be
>> clear: they only include the articles.
>> 
>> In the NLS collection, “The Playboy Interview (DB17158)” and “The Playboy
>> Interview II (DB21612)” include more than fifty of the magazine’s signature
>> Q&As with famous personalities, including politicians, actors, musicians,
>> artists, and authors.  Also “Playboy Stories: The Best of Forty Years of
>> Short Fiction (DB42199)” collects some of the magazine's award-winning
>> fiction.
>> 
>> Respectfully,
>> Nickie Pearl
>> 502-489-4457
>> njp at twc.com
>> 
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