“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). The story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was taken place in the 1930’s, when the Great Depression was taking place. Although that was a big event that was happening at the time, it was not the only one. Prejudism was also a big issue. African Americans had to deal with many obstacles, some being their living situation and prominently the way they were treated. Resources were not as open to blacks as they were for whites, therefore their homes and churches were not as up to date. In the novel, when Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to her First Methodist Church, the children noticed it was quite different from their church. Unlike the white’s church, this one “was unceiled and unpainted within” (159).