Birmingham Public Library

Renee Blalock, Associate Director of the Birmingham Public Library, reflects on Harper Lee’s famous depiction of childhood and discusses other memorable parts in the book.

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Mrs. Lillie M. H. Fincher, Birmingham Public Library Board President, remembers introducing the book to her grandmother in the early 1960s and then her grandaughter forty years later.

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Mr. Samuel A. Rumore, Jr., Birmingham Public Library Board member, reflects on his meeting with Harper Lee, her sister, and the possible origin of a name.

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Kelsey Bates, Birmingham Public Library Grants Writer and Assistant Archivist, reads from To Kill a Mockingbird — a sin to kill a mockingbird.

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Matt Layne, former storyteller at the North Birmingham Library and current Emmet O’Neal Library employee, reads from To Kill a Mockingbird: — Atticus’ famous speech on justice and equality.

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