![]() ![]() ![]() Supreme Court paved the ways for these laws in 1883 when the court ruled that it couldn't enforce the 14th Amendment at the individual level. Many states - particularly in the South - passed "Jim Crow" laws (named after a black, minstrel show character), which severely limited how African Americans could participate in society. In order to sift through the many layers of prejudice that Lee exposes in her novel, the reader needs to understand the complex history of race relations in the South. The racial concerns that Harper Lee addresses in To Kill a Mockingbird began long before her story starts and continued long after. Full Glossary for To Kill a Mockingbird.Famous Quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird.Comparing To Kill a Mockingbird to Its Movie Version.Racial Relations in the Southern United States.Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie Atkinson. ![]()
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