


Life Into Fiction, an introduction to Welty’s creation of the story and photographs of the crime scene.The Early Sixties in Mississippi, an overview of the climate of segregation during the 1960s in Mississippi and facts about Medgar Evers and Byron de la Beckwith, his assassin.

Welty’s short story about the assassination of Medgar Evers, “Where Is the Voice Coming From?”įor a comprehensive on-line resource unit for teachers on this short story, CLICK HERE.įor some of the background information included in the Teacher Resource Unit, CLICK on the titles below to download pdfs.The Optimist’s Daughter: A Readers’ Guide.Click on the linked topics to access the information below. We hope the following materials will be helpful to Welty readers of all ages-those meeting her work for the first time as well as long-time fans, teachers, and students.
