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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Words of Wisdom

Jason Fraley | jfraley@wtop.com

July 15, 2015, 2:46 AM

Introduction “To Kill a Mockingbird” changed the world. That’s not hyperbole. That’s history. Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning book and Robert Mulligan’s 1962 Oscar-winning film changed race relations in America, as idealistic lawyer Atticus Finch defended an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. All these years later, Lee’s story still offers life lessons and words to live by. Listen below for audio highlights, then click through the gallery of “To Kill a Mockingbird” Words of Wisdom.
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November 15, 2024 | (Jason Fraley)

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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