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Mark Childress on To Kill a Mockingbird

Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south

Aired 04/01/2012 | Rating NR

American Masters

Mark Childress on To Kill a Mockingbird

Clip: 4/1/2012 | 2m 37s

Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south

Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama, describes how Harper Lee's protagonist Scout Finch, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird, was a radical voice of change in the segregated south of his childhood. Harper Lee: Hey Boo airs Monday April 2nd at 10 p.m. (check local listings).

Aired 04/01/2012 | Rating NR

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