One of the most famous pieces of literature during this time period is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. In her book, Lee illustrates how racism makes people blind to the truth. In the book, Tom, a black man, is accused of assaulting a young white girl. In the trial, the evidence exonerates Tom. But because of assumptions, stereotypes, and flat out racism, the white jury found Tom guilty. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee makes it evidently clear there is no merit to racial inequality.3Another novel, Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin, tackles the issue of racial inequality. In his nonfiction book, he accounts how he was treated by whites when he dressed up as a black man. The book goes into great details about how Griffin was attacked, turned away by clerks and employers, and bombarded with insults and profanities.4 Griffin’s book revealed to the American people how much hate and prejudice African Americans were up
One of the most famous pieces of literature during this time period is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. In her book, Lee illustrates how racism makes people blind to the truth. In the book, Tom, a black man, is accused of assaulting a young white girl. In the trial, the evidence exonerates Tom. But because of assumptions, stereotypes, and flat out racism, the white jury found Tom guilty. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee makes it evidently clear there is no merit to racial inequality.3Another novel, Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin, tackles the issue of racial inequality. In his nonfiction book, he accounts how he was treated by whites when he dressed up as a black man. The book goes into great details about how Griffin was attacked, turned away by clerks and employers, and bombarded with insults and profanities.4 Griffin’s book revealed to the American people how much hate and prejudice African Americans were up