Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was banned by a Mississippi school district. (AP)
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was eliminated by a Mississippi school district lesson plan since the book&rsquo.
Administrators in the Biloxi School District announced they had been pulling the novel from the curriculum, saying they received compaints that some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable. ”
The Sun Herald reported that the book was pulled out of the lesson plan since the publication contained “the N word. ”
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A message on the school’s website says “To Kill A Mockingbird” teaches students that compassion and empathy don’t rely upon race or education.
School board vice president Kenny Holloway says publications can teach the very same lessons.
However, the book will be accessible Biloxi school libraries.
The novel chronicled the adventures of Jean Louise Finch aka Scout and her brother Jeremy aka Jem and the inequality that existed in their small Alabama town. The book followed a court case their father, Atticus, was involved in.
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In the narrative, Atticus defended Tom Robinson, a black man who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white girl. Despite evidence of Robinson&rsquoinnocence, he was found guilty of raping Ewell.
The book was adapted into a film in 1962, starring Gregory Peck, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Atticus Finch.
The Sun Herald reported the novel was listed at No. 21 on the American Library Association’s most “banned or challenged books list in the last decade. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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