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| Nelle Harper Lee was born on 28th April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, the fourth child of Frances Cunningham and Amasa Lee Coleman, a lawyer.
She was named Nelle after her grandmother, Ellen, and Harper after the doctor who saved her sister Louise’s life. Harper lee mini biography videos |
| The Wall Street Crash caused the American economy to collapse, leading to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Southern farmers were the worst affected, and many went bankrupt.
This led to poor white and black people being in competition for land, causing widespread resentment. It was common for blacks to be hanged, or lynched by mobs of white men who blamed them for their poverty. Harper lee mini biography videos youtube |
| Although half of the people in southern towns were black, they had very few rights. They couldn’t vote or marry and everything was segregated.
This means that they had to have their own schools, churches and even cemeteries. |