To Kill a Mockingbirdwas first challenged in Eden Valley, Minnesota, in nineteen seventy-seven (Banned,1). The book was challenged at Park Hill, Missouri, in a middle school for containing a bunch of racial slurs. It was challenged in Bentwood, Tennessee, middle school for also using the n-word. It was retained in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for using the n-word. Black parents in Casa Grande, Arizona protested against the book in an elementary school district. It was banned from Lindale, Texas because the book “conflicted with the values of the community.” The book was banned from classrooms and other schools in Accomack, Virginia (Allen,1). In Accomack County, there are about 5,000 kids in their schools and about thirty-seven percent consists of blacks. Schools in Warren, Illinois, said the book To Kill a Mockingbird does “psychological damage to the positive integration process” (Banned,1). According to the Vernon Verona Sherrill, New York school district, To Kill a Mockingbird is a “filthy, trashy novel.” To Kill a Mockingbirdwas …show more content…
Her actual full name is Nelle Harper Lee (Harper,1). Harper Lee was the youngest out of her four other siblings (Lee,1). Lee grew up as a tomboy that lived in the small town of Monroeville. Lee was also very active in her church as well as her community. Her hometown of Monroeville was the inspiration for the town Maycomb in her book (Harper,1). Lee’s father, A.C. Lee, was the inspiration for the father Atticus Finch in the book. Lee’s father was a lawyer, and a member of the Alabama State Legislature (Lee,1). Lee was childhood friends with author Truman Capote, who was the inspiration for Dill in the book (Harper,1). For most of Lee’s life, her mother suffered a mental illness, rarely leaving the house (Lee,1). When Lee was in high school, she developed an interest in English literature. Lee graduated in 1944, then went to an all-female college named