AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Amarillo library held a panel discussion of Harper Lee's pulitzer prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
It's part of this year's community reading program. Experts in civil rights, criminal justice, even mental health talked about how this book affected their professions. "It really did give me an interest in studying the rights of others and the equality that we seek and justice that we seek in the law, and also some of the problems that we're having with inconsistencies and how sentences are handed out from jurisdiction to the next," Claudia Stuart, WTAMU Professor of Criminal Justice.
Even the YMCA is commemorating the book's 50th Anniversary. It's inviting artists of all ages to create a piece of art inspired by the book, its characters, and its themes.
The deadline for submission is August 27, 2010.
