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A group of progressive teachers fought to “prohibit” Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” from being assigned in classroom curriculum amid left-wing criticism of parents protesting ...
If there's one book you should read before you die, it's To Kill a Mockingbird. That's not my opinion. Apparently I was sick back in ninth grade when every other American kid read Harper Lee's ...
The editors at Lippincott, who had not had a bestseller in years, sent Lee back to her writing desk. Charles Shields notes in his book “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee” that Lee’s lead ...
Four teachers in Washington’s Mukilteo School District wanted to protect students from a book they saw as outdated and harmful. The blowback was fierce.
Regina Boglin on why 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is special to her The Fairfield resident was one of a group of adult learners to read Harper Lee's book in a program at the Literacy Council of Central ...
When Mary Badham talks about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” people listen. The Alabama native, 71, has a unique perspective on Harper Lee’s famous novel and the impact it’s had on the world ...
The country is mourning the loss of one of the most influential authors of our time. Harper Lee died in her sleep at the age of 89 in her hometown in Alabama.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, a key book in the canon of American literature, and that anniversary is being marked in various ways. Now ...
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic on racial inequality, is back in some Biloxi classrooms after the Mississippi school district yanked the book from its ...
Going digital has meant good things for the 54-year-old classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee's novel leaps from No. 106 to No. 15 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.