• Relationship Between "How to Kill a Mockingbird" and "Mississipi Burning"

     

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Published: 01.09.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Feature Article: "If you ain't better then a nigger, then who you better then?"
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