Hodges Award Recipients

The Hodges Award is administered by the Coalition Building Committee which recognizes that effective coalition building and collaboration between organizations provide the necessary framework to defend censorship at the ground level.

 

  • 2023: Michigan Library Association (ALA Press Release)
  • 2022: Tennessee Library Association and Tennessee Association of School Librarians (ALA Press Release)
  • 2021: Missouri Library Association (ALA Press Release)
  • 2020: Connecticut Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (ALA Press Release)
  • 2019: Utah Library Association (ALA Press Release)
  • 2018: Nebraska Library Association Intellectual Freedom Round Table (ALA Press Release)
  • 2017: Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (ALA Press Release)
  • No award given in 2016.
  • 2015: Delaware Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (ALA Press Release; IFRT Report pg 6)
  • 2014: New Jersey Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (ALA Press Release)
  • 2013: Utah Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (ALA Press Release)
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  • 2009: "Celebrate the Freedom to Read" Oregon (IFRT Report pg 11)
  • 2008: Illinois Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 2007: Connecticut John Does (IFRT Report pg 3)
  • 2006: Colorado Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • No award given in 2005.
  • 2004: Colorado Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 2003: The Bill of Rights Defense Committee
  • 2002: LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund
  • 2001: Virginia Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 2000: Ohio Library Council
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  • 1999: Oregon Coalition for Free Expression
  • 1998: Intellectual Freedom Forum of the Illinois Library Association
  • 1997: Georgia First Amendment Foundation
  • 1996: Long Island Coalition Against Censorship
  • 1995: North Virginia Citizens Against Censorship
  • 1994: Freedom to Read Foundation
  • 1993: Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1992: Oklahoma Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1991: Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
  • No award given in 1990.
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  • 1989: Alabama Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1988: New York Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1987: Wisconsin Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1986: Indiana Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1985: North Carolina Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • 1984: South Carolina Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee