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\nSixty years a fter receiving the Pulitzer Prize\, the book remains a favorite among gene rations of readers\, and its hero\, Atticus Finch\, endures as a touchston e of decency\, fairness\, and civic virtue. How Atticus came to occupy tha t lofty status is an intriguing story. \;
\nThe publication in 2 015 of Lee&rsquo\;s apprentice work\, "Go Set a Watchman\," shocked fans f or its depiction of Atticus as a small-minded racist reactionary. \; H ow can one explain the contradictory characters? \; And what exactly i s the relationship between the two books? \; In this program\, Joseph Crespino argues that whatever you think about "Go Set a Watchman" as a nov el\, it is fascinating as a historical document. He uses his skills as a h istorian of the American South to reconsider Lee&rsquo\;s novels alongside an array of exclusive historical sources as well as the political and soc ial history of Harper Lee&rsquo\;s native South. She wrote these books ami d the civil rights revolution. You need not have read either of Harper Lee &rsquo\;s books to gain fresh insights from this lecture about not only Le e and her remarkable literary creations\, but also the southern civil righ ts struggle that preoccupied her\, and that transformed the nation. \;
\nPresenter: Professor Joseph Crespino has been a professor of Amer ican History at Emory University since 2003\, where he teaches courses on 20th \;century U.S. political and cultural history\, and on the histor y of the American South since Reconstruction. His research has been suppor ted by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Academy of Education. In 2014 he served as the Fulbright Distingu ished Chair in American Studies at the University of Tubingen\, and he has been named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Histo rians.  Crespino has published three books\, has co-edited a collect ion of essays\, and has written for academic journals as well as for popul ar forums such as the New York Times\, the Washin gton Post\, Politico\, and the Wall Street J ournal. \;
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