To Kill a Mockingbird and Civil Rights - The early 1960s

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.

To Kill a Mockingbird is published on July 11, 1960.

The film follows in 1962 and wins Oscars for best actor, screenwriter, and set design.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech delivered, 1963. He wins the Nobel peace Prize in 1964.

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.