"is tempted to stand up for her father's honor by fighting, even though he has told her not to. Atticus faces a group of men intent on lynching Tom. This danger is averted when Scout, Jem, and Dill shame the mob into dispersing by forcing them to view the situation from Atticus' and Tom's perspective. Atticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson's trial. No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of the Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her"
"Alabama House of Representatives. Lee also worked as the editor and proprietor of the ""Monroe Journal"" from 1929 to 1947. He died in Monroeville, Alabama. Amasa Coleman Lee Amasa Coleman Lee (July 19, 1880 – April 15, 1962) was an American politician and lawyer. Lee was the father of Harper Lee, author of the novel ""To Kill A Mockingbird."" It is often said that Atticus Finch, one of the characters in the novel, is based, at least in part, on Amasa Coleman Lee. Lee was born in Georgiana, Alabama. He lived on a farm in or near Chipley, Florida, and"
"""To Kill a Mockingbird"" opened the 2013 season with Robert Sean Leonard as Atticus Finch, his first London appearance in 22 years. The show returned in 2014. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the novel, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" was followed by a stage adaptation of Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"" starring Jane Asher as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, alongside a production of William Shakespeare's ""The Winter's Tale"", tailored specifically for children aged six and over. Returning to close the 2013 season, Rachel Kavanaugh directed a sell-out and extended run of ""The Sound of Music"" starring Charlotte Wakefield as Maria. With"
"Atticus (band) Atticus (formed in 1995 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a rock band noted for progressive compositions, complex harmonies, innovative cover art, and a small but loyally devoted fan base. The band is named after the Atticus Finch character of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", a novel by Harper Lee which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, and commonly picturized in posters and T-shirts developed by various print companies and Express clothing line. Atticus reunited with former Atticus guitarist Nick Swan for a special reunion show at the New City Cafe in Knoxville's Old City on July 16, 2005."
"show, described the performance as """"... an amazing song, I thought. [The song is] very much a Buddy Holly 1950s kind of sound""."" A studio version of that song is included on ""Grand Theft Audio"", the latest album by Atticus which includes the Green Apple Splatters' ""Southeast Exports"" interview. Atticus (band) Atticus (formed in 1995 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a rock band noted for progressive compositions, complex harmonies, innovative cover art, and a small but loyally devoted fan base. The band is named after the Atticus Finch character of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", a novel by Harper Lee which won"
"year. The most recent fall production, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", starred Jave Hernandez as Atticus Finch. The fall production is typically a two-act play performed in the drama room, anytime between November and December. Recent productions have included ""To Kill a Mockingbird]]"" (2014), ""Alice in Wonderland"" (2013), ""The Breakfast Club"" (2012), ""Love, Sex, and the I.R.S"" (2011), ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" (2010), and ""Animal Farm"" (2009). The One-Acts are a series of four to eight one-act plays that are performed after the school's winter break. These are an opportunity for students to write and/or direct their own play, excluding the purely"
"trial ""State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias,"" and Atticus Finch's defense of Tom Robinson in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". In a letter to the author, Harper Lee herself noted the ""obvious parallels"" between the cases (Lee was 12 at the time of the Charles White trial) and between Atticus Finch and Foster Beck, though she also stated that she could not recall the trial, and that ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" was a work of fiction. Former President Barack Obama referenced Atticus Finch as an ideal American character. In addition Atticus was mentioned during one of Obama's speeches. In July"
"Atticus Finch, a Depression-era lawyer and widowed father, in a film adaptation of the Harper Lee novel ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Released in 1962 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the Southern United States, this film and his role were Peck's favorites. In 2003, Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Peck served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, Chairman"
"father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. Historian, J Crespino explains, ""In the twentieth century, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism."" As a Southern Gothic and ""Bildungsroman"" novel, the primary themes of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South."
"served in World War II as a surgical ward officer in the Affiliated Unit of the University of Pennsylvania, the 20th General Hospital, stationed in the China-Burma-India Theatre. Fitts' maternal grandfather, Joseph H. Willits, Ph.D., LL.D., was a professor and dean of the Wharton School. Michael Fitts and his wife, Renée J. Sobel, Esq., have two daughters and are best friends with Nick Bader. Fitts earned a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard College in 1975. Inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird and its heroic protagonist Atticus Finch, he attended Yale Law School. Fitts was editor of the Yale Law"
"Amasa Coleman Lee Amasa Coleman Lee (July 19, 1880 – April 15, 1962) was an American politician and lawyer. Lee was the father of Harper Lee, author of the novel ""To Kill A Mockingbird."" It is often said that Atticus Finch, one of the characters in the novel, is based, at least in part, on Amasa Coleman Lee. Lee was born in Georgiana, Alabama. He lived on a farm in or near Chipley, Florida, and he worked variously as a teacher and as a bookkeeper at the Flat Creek Mill in Finchburg, Alabama, where he met and, on June 22,"
"novel by Harper Lee. Mulligan accepted the offer despite the awareness that ""the other studios didn't want it because what's it about? It's about a middle-aged lawyer with two kids. There's no romance, no violence (except off-screen). There's no action. What is there? Where's the story?"" With the help of a screenplay by Horton Foote as well as the pivotal casting of Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch, the film became a huge hit, and Mulligan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Mulligan and Pakula followed ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" with five more films: ""Love"
"To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The story is told by the six-year-old Jean Louise Finch. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's"
"years old. Denton won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performances in Supporting Roles for 1954-1955 for his work in ""Bus Stop"" (1955). Crahan Denton Crahan Denton (born Arthur Denton, March 20, 1914 – December 4, 1966) (pronunciation: ""kran"") was an American stage and television actor. One of his most famous film roles was in ""To Kill A Mockingbird"" where he portrays ""Walter Cunningham,"" a client of the main character, Atticus Finch, and the leader of a mob which attempts to lynch another of Finch's clients. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Denton, he was born in Seattle,"
"in San Antonio. In 1974, he was named Fort Stockton's ""Outstanding Citizen"". In 1982, the year before his death, the West Texas Historical Association dedicated its ""Yearbook"" in his honor. Janet Pollard often compares her father to the Atticus Finch character, the compassionate lawyer portrayed by Gregory Peck in the novel and the film, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". She says that her mother, Chic, reminds her of the actress Claudette Colbert: “uplifting, happy, inspirational, the kind of person you wanted to be around all the time."" In 1983, Williams was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He reacted ""stoically. ... All is"
"Atticus Circle Atticus Circle is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and mobilize straight people to advance equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender partners, parents, and their children. With the national office located in Austin, Texas, Atticus Circle focuses on straight allies of the LGBT social movements. The organization was founded and is run mostly by straight people and works to empower straight and other allies to give them a sense of ownership in this civil rights struggle. Atticus Circle, named for Atticus Finch from ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", was founded in late 2004 by Anne"
"Vic, and in a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" (as Atticus Finch) at Connecticut's Hartford Stage. This production of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" became the most successful play in the theatre's 45-year history. In 2010, he starred with Abigail Breslin in the 50th Anniversary Broadway revival of ""The Miracle Worker"" at the Circle in the Square theatre. In fall 2013, Modine starred in a self-parodying comedy, ""Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas"", at Los Angeles' Geffen Theatre. Cycling has been Modine's main mode of transportation since moving to New York City from Utah in 1980. He heads"
"to journey without weapons, and being saved from failure by his earlier decision to spare the life of the creature Gollum. Conor Cruise O'Brien wrote that Albert Camus was the writer most representative of the Western consciousness and conscience in its relation to the non-Western world. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird portrays Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck in the classic film from the book (see To Kill a Mockingbird (film))) as a lawyer true to his conscience who sets an example to his children and community. The Robert Bolt play ""A Man For All Seasons"" focuses on the"
"ego and booming voice. In 1984, Baldwin had a daughter, Kahlea, with his first wife, Cheryl. In 1990, he married actress Elizabeth Baldwin and they had a daughter, Alexandra, in 1994, before divorcing in 1996. Alexandra moved to England with her mother and stepfather and now lives in Bonita Springs, Florida. Baldwin was involved for a decade with his ""Homicide: Life on the Street"" co-star, Chicago-born actress Isabella Hofmann. They have a son, Atticus, who was born in July 1996, is named after the lawyer in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", and has autism. Baldwin was married to Joanne Smith, a"
"Crahan Denton Crahan Denton (born Arthur Denton, March 20, 1914 – December 4, 1966) (pronunciation: ""kran"") was an American stage and television actor. One of his most famous film roles was in ""To Kill A Mockingbird"" where he portrays ""Walter Cunningham,"" a client of the main character, Atticus Finch, and the leader of a mob which attempts to lynch another of Finch's clients. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Denton, he was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. He studied drama at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York"
"songs and is an avid book reader. She moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 2016. She is the niece of actresses Penny McNamee and Jessica McNamee. Teagan Croft Teagan Croft (born 22 April 2004) is an Australian actress. Croft's career began when she played the part of Scout Finch in a theatrical adaptation of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" when she was nine years old. She garnered enough attention to land the lead role in the 2016 film """". That same year, Croft had a recurring role as Bella Loneragan in ""Home and Away"". In August 2017, she was cast as the"
"reason he became a lawyer, and Richard Matsch, the federal judge who presided over the Timothy McVeigh trial, counts Atticus as a major judicial influence. One law professor at the University of Notre Dame stated that the most influential textbook he taught from was ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", and an article in the ""Michigan Law Review"" claims, ""No real-life lawyer has done more for the self-image or public perception of the legal profession,"" before questioning whether ""Atticus Finch is a paragon of honor or an especially slick hired gun"". In 1992, an Alabama editorial called for the death of Atticus,"
"literary journals"". Alice Petry remarked, ""Atticus has become something of a folk hero in legal circles and is treated almost as if he were an actual person"". Examples of Atticus Finch's impact on the legal profession are plentiful. Richard Matsch, the federal judge who presided over the Timothy McVeigh trial, counts Atticus as a major judicial influence. One law professor at the University of Notre Dame stated that the most influential textbook from which he taught was ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", and an article in the ""Michigan Law Review"" asserts, ""No real-life lawyer has done more for the self-image or"
"(TV). Phillip Alford is currently a successful businessman in Grenada, Mississippi and stays out of the limelight. He followed his father into the construction business. Alford is married and has two children. Phillip Alford Phillip Alford (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor best known for his role as Jem Finch in the 1962 film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Alford appeared in three productions with Birmingham's Town and Gown Civic Theatre, whose director called up Alford's mother to see if her son was interested in auditioning for the part of Jem in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Initially Alford had"
"Diane McWhorter Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize in 2002 for """" (Simon & Schuster, 2001; reprinted with a new afterword, 2013). McWhorter is from Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended the Brooke Hill School. Among McWhorter's elementary school classmates was Mary Badham, who portrayed ""Scout"" Finch in the 1962 film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". When the film was released, McWhorter was among the students who went to a viewing"
"Mockingbird (Erskine novel) Mockingbird is a young adult novel by American author Kathryn Erskine about a girl with Asperger syndrome coping with the loss of her brother. It won the 2010 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature. In 2012 it was awarded the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award. Based on a school shooting. The main character is a 11-year-old girl named Caitlin Smith who has Asperger syndrome (and doesn't believe it) and is preoccupied with drawing and dictionaries. She has just experienced the loss of her older brother Devon who has been killed along with a teacher and"
"School in 2005, and also taught some classes there. In 2007, Daly was named a spokesperson for the U.S. District Court in Chicago. One of Daly's other interests is acting. In 1994 he played Atticus Finch in a stage adaptation of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", and in 2000 he starred as Patsy McCall in a production of William J. Kennedy's ""Grand View"". He played a news reporter in the controversial 2006 film ""Death of a President"", which portrays the fictional assassination of George W. Bush. Daly said he did not regret his involvement, saying, ""It's a gutsy undertaking to do"
"titled ""The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism"" (Oxford, 2010). In 2018 he published a book on Atticus Finch, a main character in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" by Harper Lee. Joseph Crespino Joseph Crespino (born January 10, 1972) is a political historian of the 20th Century United States, specializing in the history of the American South and of modern conservatism. He is the author of two books and an edited collection and has been named a Top Young Historian by the History News Network at George Mason University. Crespino was raised in Macon, Mississippi. His father, Bobby Crespino,"
"do believe more members of my generation went to law school because of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,'""—the movie based on Harper Lee's book starring Gregory Peck as the highly principled lawyer Atticus Finch, Camp said. ""It came out while I was in college."" He was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama from 1973 to 1975, and in Newnan from 1975 to 1988. Camp remembered winning a jury acquittal in Pike County of a client who had shot and killed someone. While he was sitting at the counsel table after the verdict had been rendered, the widow of the dead man"
"and other well-known names of the Actors Studio. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her performance as Frances Farmer's possessive mother in ""Frances"" (1982). She also played Pancho Barnes in ""The Right Stuff"" (1983). Stanley was the uncredited narrator in the drama film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" (1962). As the narrator, she represents the character Jean Louise Finch (""Scout"") as an adult. Mary Badham portrays Scout as a child in the film. She received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by"
"the mid-1950s and published in July 2015 as a ""sequel"", though it was later confirmed to be ""To Kill a Mockingbird""s first draft. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama where she grew up as the youngest of four children of Frances Cunningham (Finch) and Amasa Coleman Lee. Her parents chose her middle name, Harper, to honor pediatrician Dr. William W. Harper, of Selma, Alabama, who saved the life of her sister Louise. Her first name, Nelle, was her grandmother's name spelled backwards and the name she used; Harper Lee being primarily her pen name."
"the similarly-themed To Kill a Mockingbird. Narrated by a young boy named Andy, the story follows the Duvitch family, Croatian immigrants whose physical appearance the narrator immediately marks as both ""foreign"" and poor. Though sicknesses typical of the period (typhoid, whooping cough, measles) and dire poverty afflict the family, they remain kind, optimistic, and surprisingly generous. The townspeople, however, have trouble looking beyond appearances. They harangue the Duvitch siblings, taunting them for everything from ""the leaf, lard and black bread sandwiches they ate for lunch"" to the ""rag pickers’ clothes"" they wear to school. After the narrator Andy and his"
"any other film he has ever done. In 1995 ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". It is also Robert Duvall's big-screen debut, as the misunderstood recluse Boo Radley. Duvall was cast on the recommendation of screenwriter Horton Foote, who met him at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City where Duvall starred in a 1957 production of Foote's play, ""The Midnight Caller"". The American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Additionally, the AFI"