Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird': Celebrating the 50th Anniversary

IUn celebration of the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird', US Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. Holder was introduced by Law School Dean Ken Randall, who also announced the Harper Lee Prize of Legal Literature. Closing remarks were offered by Honors College Dean Shane Sharpe. Holder's remarks center on integration and equality and he reminds us that change starts with individual people. “It is really an honor to support the work being done on the University of Alabama campus to ensure that this place of learning is also a place of healing,” Holder said. “Because of that work, this University, once a battleground in America’s civil rights struggle, is now a force for tolerance and for inclusion, a forum for the peaceful exchange of ideas." “Individual actions count, individual actions matter,” he said. “’To Kill a Mockingbird’ contains a simple but important message—the pursuit of justice can take many forms, but no matter what form, it always begins the same way, with a simple action by a hopeful person.”