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Nelle Harper Lee was born!
Nelle was born in Monroeville, Alabama. She had 3 other sibilings. Her father was a lawyer. -
Stock Market Crashes!
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The Great Depression
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Scottsboro Boys Trial!
9 black boys were accused by 2 white women of rape, so they were sentenced to time in prision. -
Harper Lee makes a new friend!
Harper Lee becomes close friends with Truman Capote. -
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WWII
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Harper Lee quits law school to be a writer.
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Sperate but equal is over!
it was dome during the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. -
Emmett Till, Murdered!
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy was murdered by a gang of white men for whistling at a white woman. -
To Kill A Mokingbird is published!