of that around me.

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pbsthisdayinhistory:

July 11, 1960:  “To Kill a Mockingbird” Published

On this day in 1960, the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was published for the first time.  The novel, loosely based on observations and occurrences near Lee’s hometown when she was 10 years old, won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the most influential books of the century. 

Watch the full documentary, “Harper Lee: Hey, Boo”, on the mysterious author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” who removed herself from the public limelight – refusing any publicity for herself or the novel – in 1964.

“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” -Scout Finch

“‘Miss Jean Louise?’

I looked around. They were all standing. All around us, and in the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to their feet.Reverend Sykes’s voice was as distant as Judge Taylor’s:

‘Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.’”