One of the most widely read novels of the last 50 years, literary staple To Kill a Mockingbird has been proclaimed by critics everywhere. Some of its reviews include "Marvelous... Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel" (the New York Times), "Skilled, unpretentious and totally ingenious... tough, melodramatic, acute and funny" (The New Yorker), and "Tactile brilliance... has an edge that cuts through can't... astonishing"(Time Magazine).
In 1961 To Kill Mockingbird was granted the Pulitzer Prize, which is the most esteemed award for excellence in journalism and literary achievements in the United States.
After graduating from high school, Harper Lee was …show more content…
during the 1950's and 1960's (around the time that To Kill a Mockingbird was published) of social activists striving to equalize the treatment of both black and white people. The Civil Rights Movement began because of the unjust segregation and discrimination of African Americans in relation to their Caucasian counterparts, that had been enforced during the 1950's. One of the first events to spur the Civil Rights Movement was an African-American woman, Rosa Park's decision not to give up her seat on the bus to a white person; resulting in her arrest followed by a yearlong bus boycott by equal rights activists. Park's actions had uprooted people's potent opinions on the issue of segregation and equality …show more content…
During the Civil Rights Movement, the KKK opposed equality among blacks and whites and used tactics such as assault, intimidation, violence, bombings, and murder, mainly against black southerners and Civil Rights activists. In the Southern States, the KKK even obtained participation and cooperation from various law enforcement officials to such an alarming degree that the Federal Government had to intervene in an attempt to protect those targeted. While frightening to fathom, the Ku Klux Klan still has active members to this