Atticus makes sure he defends Tom Robinson with compassion and integrity. He speaks courageously on his behalf, making sure everyone at the trial is aware that Tom is innocent, even if this means ...

Atticus makes sure he defends Tom Robinson with compassion and integrity. He speaks courageously on his behalf, making sure everyone at the trial is aware that Tom is innocent, even if this means ...

Atticus Finch may have been a fictional character from a different time and place, but the lessons leaders can learn from Harper Lee’s character could not be any more real or relevant.

Fans of To Kill a Mockingbird are in for a shock: In Harper Lee's new book, Go Set a Watchman, the beloved Atticus is a racist. NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan.

Others, though, have simply rejected the new Atticus Finch. They are simply claiming the old Atticus—and the old Maycomb, and the old Mockingbird —as their own.

Now We Can Finally Say Goodbye to the White Savior Myth of Atticus Osamudia R. James is a professor of law at the University of Miami, where she writes and teaches about education, race and the ...