U.S. Naval Academy canceled their scheduled speech of book author Ryan Holiday over pre-screened presentation slides that discussed book bans. Holiday has written several titles. You can see them in the gallery below. For more information see: ABC News
In 2024, the Naval Academy canceled an invitation by historian and writer Ruth Ben-Ghiat to speak. The Academy, "canceled the lecture claiming it wanted to avoid even appearing to violate federal law." Ben-Ghiat is considered an expert in authoritarianism. For more see: PEN America
