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The Civil rights movement
When did the civil rights movement begin?
The civil rights movent began on 1955.

What was the civil rights movement about?
The civil rights movement was about making racial discrimination to the Afro-Americans illegal and at the same time restoring their right to votein the southern states.

State some of the significant incidents that took place in the civil rights movement?
1) Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize.
2)The march on Washington which demanded the elimination of racial discrimination for employment.

Which American President supported the civil rights movement?
John.F.Kennedy

What was the outcome of the civil rights movement?
The Afro-Americans hold more rights and are as equal as whites, taking up better jobs.

In what way is the civil rights movement related to the novel?
The Afro-Americans hold more rights and are as equal as whites, taking up better jobs.

In what way is the civil rights movement related to the novel?
The novel was written and published during the civil during the civil rights era, thus it included the social inequality during that era.

Montgomery bus boycott and scottsboro trials
State the specifics of each trial and why were they specific?
Montgomery Bus Boycott- To object towards the racial segregation laws on public transit system.

Scottsboro trials- Nine black teenaged boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931, as it deals with racism and a also American rights.

How is the Scottsboro trials related to the trial in the novel?
Both the Scottsboro trials and the trialinthe novel are about the blacks raping the whites and in both trials, the blacks are being accused due to their skin colour.

How are they simillar?
Both trials simillar in the fact that they show how the white society discriminated the blacks.

Trials of a true Southern Gentlmen and southern belle
What were the rules and etiquette for Southern gentlemen and ladies?
Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, the youngest of four children. From young, Lee was a tomboy and had a passion for reading, she was also a mature reader.

What did the southern ladies do to pass their time?
They baked cakes, did needle-work, read books, danced, etc.

Pictures southern ladies and gentlemen?

Identify characters in the novel that fit the mould of true southern belles and gentlemen and those who don’t? Explain why they fit the mould and why they don’t?
Atticus most fits the mould as a true southern gentlemen as he had good manners and at the same time show respect for others, is a man of his word while Miss Maudie most fits the mould as a true southern belle as she treats the children well and also nake cakes and share them with others.
The character that I feel do not fit the mould of a southern gentlemen is Bob Ewell as he does not have good manners, show no respect for others and do not care about his image.

Harper Lee
About the author
Southern gentlemen: They have good manners and show a great deal respect especially for women. In 1959, she completedTo Kill a Mockingbird and after it was published, it was an immediate bestseller and even won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.

Bio-data
Nelle Harper Lee was the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Her mother's name was Finch. Her father was a lawyer, she was also a friend of Truman Capote, since childhood days

Novels written by her
To Kill a Mockingbird

Awards received
The most renowned prizes won by Harper Lee was the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.