The following text is excerpted from The Big Read's Reader's Guide on To Kill a Mockingbird, reprinted courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Over 25% of labor force is unemployed during worst years of Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidency with promise of his "New Deal" in 1932.
The Scottsboro Boys' trials last from 1931-37. Nelle Harper Lee is 6 years old when they begin.
This text is excerpted from The Big Read's Reader's Guide on To Kill a Mockingbird, reprinted courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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