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1 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

2 Harper Lee: Then and Now http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/0 0209r.jpg http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/34 38562.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k= 2&d=A6F75B5D5F9A091C6E3168 0721FE8A7DA55A1E4F32AD3138

3 Autobiographical Nature of Text Lee’s ChildhoodScout’s Childhood 1930s; rural Alabama Her father was an attorneyHer father, Atticus Finch, is an attorney Avid reader and tomboy Playmates were brother and neighbor (Truman Capote) Playmates are brother Jem and neighbor Dill Six years old during Scottsboro trials Six years old during Tom Robinson’s trial

4 The Great Depression Stock market crash in 1929 1933-thirteen million Americans unemployed 750,000 farmers lost their land http://z.about.com/d/history1900s/1/0/a/gd45.gif

5 Perceptions of African Americans in the South (1930’s) Considered second-class citizens Absolute segregation of blacks and whites Blacks held only menial (low-class, servile) jobs Blacks were considered lazy, untrustworthy liars

6 Jim Crow System of racial segregation in South from 1877-1960s 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson: Supreme Court Case ruled “separate but equal” http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/0020 9r.jpg

7 Scottsboro Trial 9 boys, aged 13-19 Accused of rape by two white women Unfair trial No evidence All white jury Death penalty http://mikepalmer.info/palmer002.JPG

8 Scottsboro Trial Parallels Scottsboro TrialsTom Robinson’s Trial 1930s Northern AlabamaSouthern Alabama Began with a charge of rape made be two white women against 9 African American men Begins as a charge of rape made by a white woman by against an African American man Judge angered public by trying to give black men fair trial Atticus arouses anger by defending Tom Robinson

9 The Civil Rights Movement: A Chronology 1954Brown v. Topeka Board of Education rules “separate is inherently unequal” 1955Emmett Till lynching Rosa Parks begins bus boycott 1957Court-ordered desegregation 1960To Kill a Mockingbird is published 1963Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech 1964Civil Rights Act is passed

10 Reading the Text Read with historical framework (1930s setting and 1960 publication) Racially-charged language Bildungsroman: novel of formation; a text that traces a character’s moral, psychological, and social development from childhood to maturity http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/image s/n0/n773.jpg

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