'Mockingbird' still sings at 50.

• Position: Literature - 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Brief article

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of its publication this year, To Kill a Mockingbird--Harper Lee's stark tale of injustice--is being re-enacted and celebrated across the U.S. First published in 1960, Mockingbird tells the story of Atticus Finch, a white lawyer in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s. Finch has been appointed to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of a crime against a white woman. Told through the eyes of Finch's young daughter, Scout, the novel explores injustice and prejudice in plain language. The book has sold more than 30 million copies and has been...