Atticus Finch
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Universal Pictures as distributor, 129
Zeebo, 134
To Kill a Mockingbird (H. Lee)
A. C. Lee as inspiration for Atticus/fiction, xvii–xviii,g xix–xx, 8–9, 25, 29, 155
A. C. Lee’s divergence from Atticus, 16
Atticus, understanding, xvii
Atticus and politics of the day, 105–106
Atticus as described by H. Lee, 147–148
Atticus as embodiment of spirit and philosophy of H. Lee’s South, 152
Atticus as example of strength of moral force, and King, 170–171
Atticus as good father and moral education of children, 113–119
Atticus as hero, 10
Atticus as moral force, xix
Atticus as symbolic antithesis of Wallace, 179–180
Atticus as unconventional father, 113–114
Atticus in Watchman versus, 102–105, 172–173
Atticus through eyes of Jean Louise/Scout, 103–104
Atticus’s advice to Jean Louise/Scout, xix
Atticus’s bravery in defending Tom Robinson, 18
Atticus’s counsel to Jean Louise/Scout re: crawling into another’s skin, xix, 172
Atticus’s summation to jury, 25
on best-seller lists, 127, 133
Boo Radley, 86, 102, 146, 153
Brown decision and, 117–118
Cecil Jacobs, 102, 103, 136
children as conscience of white South, 117
as “child’s book,” 118
defense of conservative segregationists from liberal North, 139
Dill, 31
Dolphus Raymond, 117
H. Lee’s description of, xvii
H. Lee’s father as inspiration for Atticus/fiction, xvii–xviii, xix–xx, 8–9, 19, 25, 155
H. Lee’s income from, 183
H. Lee’s interviews and, 176–177
H. Lee’s South, Atticus as embodiment of spirit and philosophy of, 152
Indian and Middle Eastern languages editions, 182
Jean Louise/Scout, 12, 31, 86, 136
Jean Louise/Scout and Atticus, 103–104
Jean Louise/Scout and lynch mob, 118
Jean Louise/Scout’s address to Walter Cunningham in, 154
Jean Louise/Scout’s defense of Atticus, 102
Jem, 104
Jem’s defense of Atticus to Mrs. Dubose, 138–139
King and, 165, 170–171
Ku Klux Klan and, 27
Link Deas, 16
massive resistance in, xviii–xix
Mayella Ewell, 13
moral force, xix, 170–171
moral outrage, 178
origin of Atticus Finch, xiii–xvii
original title (see “The Long Goodbye”)
origins, xv–xvii
publication, xv–xvii, 123
Pulitzer Prize, 130, 182
racial politics, 127
racial violence, the white mob, and fear, 122
racism and hypocrisy, 112–113
racism of southern whites, 138–139
revisions, 102, 119
royalties and taxes, 183
sales, 133, 182–183
setting and characters, 102
Sheriff Heck Tate, 16
similarities between Watchman and, 73–75
success of, xviii–xix
as timeless expression of universal values of moral courage, tolerance, and understanding, 172
Tom Robinson, 13, 16, 18, 102, 114, 117, 118
Wallace and, 179–180
Walter Cunningham, 38, 118
as Rev. Whatley’s prized possession, 68
Tracy, Spencer, 128
The Trip to Bountiful (Foote), 135
Truman, Harry, 88
Tuscaloosa County, 16–17
Tuscaloosa News, 106
Tuskegee Institute, 47, 52, 78
Tutwiler, Julia, 32–33
Universal Pictures, 183
University of Alabama, 34, 47–51, 49 (photo), 143–144, 178
desegregation of, 75–77, 76 (photo), 94–95, 106, 132
liberal speakers at, 50–51
red scare and, 58–59
US Information Agency, 182
Vanderbilt University, 91
Vanity Fair, 65
Vanity Fair Corporation, 37–39
Vann, David, 159
Variety, 153
veterans, 46, 48–50, 58
African American, 52
Virginia Resolution of 1798, 88–89
voting rights, 45–46, 52–56
poll tax and, 46
See also black suffrage
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 83
wages and hours bill. See Fair Labor Standards Act
Wallace, George, 42, 108, 109, 141–144, 142 (photo), 150–152, 163, 169, 178–180
campaign of 1968 and, 181
inaugural speech on racial segregation by, 151–152, 161–162
presidential primaries of 1964 and, 179–180
Wallace, Henry, 36
Wallace, Lurleen, 142 (photo)
Wallace Act of 1951, 108
Warren, Earl, 86, 87, 97, 115
Washington, Booker T., 47
Washington, George, 4, 29
Washington Post, 160
Weiss, Carl, 21–22
Whatley, Joe, 68
Whatley, Rev. Ray, 64–69
To Kill a Mockingbird as prized possession of, 68
as Montgomery Human Relations Council president, 67
White Citizens’ Councils, 74, 75, 77–81, 81–85, 96, 105–110, 142, 158
King and, 165, 166
KKK and, 105, 106, 107, 108–109, 111
See also under Go Set a Watchman; racism; resistance/massive resistance
white moderation, 106–109
white primary, 45, 52
white radicalization, 109
white rule, 45, 92. See also racism
white supremacy, 46, 52
Monroe Journal and, 19
See also racism
Why We Can’t Wait (King), 164–165, 170
Wilhelm II, 27
Wilkins, Roy, 133
Wilkinson, Horace, 55, 56
Williams, Annie Laurie, xiii, xvi, 73, 119, 127–128, 148, 183
film rights and, 135
Williams, Hank, 50
Williams, Mildred, 153
Williams, Tennessee, 155
Wilson, Woodrow, 28
“A Wink at Justice” (H. Lee), 34
Wood, Jim, 58–59, 59–60
World War I, 28
World War II, xviii, 25–30, 46
Yarbrough, James P., 127–128
You and Segregation (H. Talmadge), 89
Young Women’s Circle of the Methodist Missionary Society, 19