[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 614 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 614

 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the publication of ``To Kill a 
                             Mockingbird''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

   Mr. Sessions (for himself and Mr. Shelby) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the publication of ``To Kill a 
                             Mockingbird''.

Whereas Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, to Amasa Coleman Lee and 
        Frances Finch in Monroeville, Alabama;
Whereas Nelle Harper Lee wrote the novel ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' portraying 
        life in the 1930s in the fictional small southern town of Maycomb, 
        Alabama, which was modeled on Monroeville, Alabama, the hometown of Ms. 
        Lee;
Whereas ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' addressed the issue of racial inequality in 
        the United States by revealing the humanity of a community grappling 
        with moral conflict;
Whereas ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' was first published in 1960 and was awarded 
        the Pulitzer Prize in 1961;
Whereas ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' was the basis for the 1962 Academy Award-
        winning film of the same name starring Gregory Peck;
Whereas ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' is one of the great American novels of the 
        20th century, having been published in more than 40 languages and having 
        sold more than 30,000,000 copies;
Whereas, in 2007, Nelle Harper Lee was inducted into the American Academy of 
        Arts and Letters;
Whereas, in 2007, President George W. Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of 
        Freedom to Nelle Harper Lee for her great contributions to literature 
        and observed, ```To Kill a Mockingbird' has influenced the character of 
        our country for the better'', and ``As a model of good writing and 
        humane sensibility, this book will be read and studied forever''; and
Whereas ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' is celebrated each year in Monroeville, 
        Alabama through public performances featuring local amateur actors: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the historic milestone of the 50th 
        anniversary of the publication of ``To Kill a Mockingbird''; 
        and
            (2) honors the outstanding achievement of Nelle Harper Lee 
        in the field of American literature in authoring ``To Kill a 
        Mockingbird''.
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