Lee, Harper: 1926 - 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960 - Background: General
- Facts
- When in 1966 the School Board of Hanover County, near Monroeville, voted unanimously to ban "To Kill a Mockingbird" from their schools, Harper Lee sent in an editorial letter.
- Letter, as it appeared in the The Richmond News Leader. January 14, 1966
. - The Life behind "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- Jim Crow
- Items Mentioned
- Indian Head pennies
- Listen to line singing, which is a form of acappella hymn-singing in which a leader gives each line of a hymn tune as it is to be sung. There is no hand clapping or instrument accompaniment.
At Calpurnia's church, the children witness "lining". - Audio
Congregational Line Singing. NPR Radio; May 6, 2005
transcript - Lane Cake, picture and recipe.
- Mockingbird
- The Great Depression
- When Scout says that "Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear, but fear itself," she quotes a sentence from Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address. With this sentence he was referring to the economic conditions of the time - The Great Depression.
- Top 5 Causes of the Great Depression.
- Information from Wikipedia
- Historical Context
- Historical Background
- A Portrait of a Southern Town in the 1930s
- Historical Background