Unit 3: Vocabulary from Readings 3

They were after me because I'd signed a petition to integrate the buses there.

They were after me because I'd signed a petition to integrate the buses there.

It was a soft opposition to people who were against civil rights.

What I remember most about To Kill a Mockingbird was—and I think this probably is more of an American trait than in other places—I think we are particularly attuned to injustice.

What I remember most about To Kill a Mockingbird was—and I think this probably is more of an American trait than in other places—I think we are particularly attuned to injustice.

I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout.

I am one of those people who has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of the civil rights movement.

Typical of that opinion, Booklist's reviewer called the book “melodramatic” and noted “traces of sermonizing,” but the book was recommended for library purchase, commending its “rare blend of wit and compassion.”

Typical of that opinion, Booklist's reviewer called the book “melodramatic” and noted “traces of sermonizing,” but the book was recommended for library purchase, commending its “rare blend of wit and compassion.”

It seemed that Harper Lee’s blend of family history, local custom, and restrained sermonizing was important reading, and with a young girl between the ages of six and nine as the main character, To Kill a Mockingbird moved rapidly into junior and senior high school libraries and curriculum.

Sporadic lawsuits arose. In most cases the complaint against the book was by conservatives who disliked the portrayal of whites.

Two national leaders who had supported integration and had espoused the ideals of racial equality were assassinated in southern regions.

Two national leaders who had supported integration and had espoused the ideals of racial equality were assassinated in southern regions.

A brilliant orator, King grew up in the South; the leader of the [Southern Christian Leadership Conference], he lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

Whites began to look at public values anew, and gradually southern blacks found experiences in the South more tolerable.

The book had sustained itself during the first period of sharp criticism; it had survived regional protests from the area it depicted.

Groups, such as the Eden Valley School Committee in Minnesota, claimed that the book was too laden with profanity (Newsletter 1978).

Groups, such as the Eden Valley School Committee in Minnesota, claimed that the book was too laden with profanity (Newsletter 1978).

Factions representing racists, religious sects, concerned parents, and minority groups vocally demanded the book's removal from public schools.

Their moves to ban the book derive from their own perspectives of the book’s theme.

She also shows us three children who refuse to believe that the system is right, and she leaves us with the thought that most people will be nice if seen for what they are: humans with frailties.

To Kill a Mockingbird continues to have life within the world; its ongoing activities in the realm of censorship show that it is a book which deals with regional moralism.

The children in the story seem very human; they worry about their own identification, they defy parental rules, and they cry over injustices.