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""To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is a classic novel that addresses themes of racism and injustice in the American South."
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The novel was published in 1960, during a time of great social upheaval and civil rights activism, and drew inspiration from Lee's own experiences growing up in a small town in Alabama.