To+Kill+a+Mockingbird

=Introduction to -= Author Nelle Harper __[|Lee]__ received the Pulitzer Prize for her critically acclaimed novel //To Kill a Mockingbird//. Born and raised in a small town in Alabama, Lee was 5 years old when a series of trials in another small Alabama town, Scottsboro. Nine young black __[|men]__ and boys (the youngest was only 12) had been accused of raping two white women, and, despite the fact that medical testimony stated that there was no evidence of rape, the youngsters were initially convicted. All but one of the convictions were subsequently overturned. The injustice of the Scottsboro case made a deep impression on the young girl. Years later, it inspired her to write //To Kill a Mockingbird//, her first and only published novel. The 1960 novel was soon made into an Oscar-winning movie starring Gregory Peck.

**Scottsboro: An American Tragedy**
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