In a blog post up now on the New York Times Learning Network, Facing History and Ourselves Senior Program Associate Laura Tavares pairs an article about the recent report documenting the history of racial lynching in America with an excerpt of To Kill a Mockingbird in order to situate the novel in its historical context and raise important questions about race, justice, and memory today.
Read the full post here.
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To Kill a Mockingbird,
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Teaching,
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Written by Julia Rappaport
Julia is Managing Editor of Communications and Social Media at Facing History. She loves young adult fiction, ice cream, and is a practicing yoga teacher.
