Chapter 24 - Allusions

Birmingham: a city in Central Alabama.

Mrs. Roosevelt: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

People up there set 'em free: in other words: the Northerners are responsible for the fact that the slaves were freed

tryin' to sit with 'em: in 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt attended a meeting for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama where she defied state authorities by sitting in the center aisle, between whites and blacks, after police told her she was violating segregation laws by sitting with black people.

Chapter 25 - Allusions

English Channel: The English Channel is the waterway that separates Great Britain from France. It is also the avenue by which much trade is carried on between Great Britain and the European continent. According to Scout, Miss Stephanie is the avenue of gossip for much of Maycomb. Find the English Channel on a map of Great Britain.

Chapter 26 - Allusions

Adolf Hitler has been after all the Jews: a reference to the Nazi anti-Jewish policy. Read more about it in a timeline of the Holocaust.

Adolf Hitler: (1889-1945) Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. See a picture of Adolf Hitler.

Elmer Davis: a journalist and CBS radio commentator who went on to head the Office of War Information. Find out more about Elmer Davis.

holy-roller: a member of a small religious sect that expresses devotion by shouting and moving around during worship services.

Uncle Natchell Story: Uncle Natchell (along with his sidekick, Sonny Boy) was the cartoon mascot for a fertilizer product called Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda. Many of the advertisements for this product were in comic strip or story form. Little Chuck Little has mistaken one of these advertising "stories" for an actual current event. See an Uncle Natchell advertisement.