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'To Kill a Mockingbird' - the historical context
'To Kill A Mockingbird' begins with an idyllic view of small town Alabama, but soon goes on to expose the ingrained racism and racial segregation extensive in small town America during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The book also highlights the presence at that time of the hate group known as the Ku Klux Klan.
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