Category: killers of the dream

+ Ben Railton, emily pierce, hal jacobs, henry jacobs, killers of the dream, lillian e smith, lillian smith: breaking the silence, patricia bell-scott, strange fruit, tanya bennett

“Celebrating Lillian Smith” Symposium

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of Lillian E. Smith’s Strange Fruit and the 70th of Killers of the Dream. To celebrate, the Lillian E. Smith Center will host a symposium on October 26 in Athens, GA, to celebrate Lillian Smith’s life, work, and legacy. You can find more information below. Even if you cannot make the symposium, please share it on social media … Read More “Celebrating Lillian Smith” Symposium

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+ alice randall, atticus finch, boo radley, gothic literature, harper lee, killers of the dream, lillian e smith

Southern Paradoxes in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”

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Every time I read Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (1960), I’m reminded of the book’s problematic nature. Why do we continue to put so much stock in Lee’s novel, teaching it in high schools across the nation? Alice Randall points out the problems within Lee’s novel and states, “Let’s be clear: “To Kill a Mockingbird” is not a children’s book. It is an … Read More Southern Paradoxes in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”

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