To Kill a Mockingbird Background Presentations
US History & Culture Related to the Novel

The United States of America - - A Historic Overview 1946-1960  

Be sure to cover the following topics in your own words:

  • The Cold War
    • Senator McCarthy
    • Space Race
  • US Civil Rights Movement
    • Brown vs Board of Education
    • Desegregation at Little Rock, Arkansas
    • Rosa Parks
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.

Laurie Miller
Email:llmiller@gmu.edu
Last Update: February 9, 2009


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