[2] He was a resident of Manhattan for most of his adult life, living on the Upper East Side since 1945.
[7] Since the book went into production after her death, Rawlings could not be consulted about her final intentions.
[8] While a few books were still appearing, "White (children's) publishers were still not open to books with Black themes",[9] according to Joyce Braden Harris on "African and African-American Traditions in Language Arts".
Scribner pointed out that "Whatever our decision, we could land on the wrong side of the school boards",[7] and claims it was his idea to use dark paper in the book as a way to suggest Calpurnia's race, calling it "one of my silent contributions to dissolving the color barrier in the 1950s.
[2] Scribner married figure skater Jeanette Kissel "Joan" Sunderland, a great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the two had three children:[11] He died on November 11, 1995, at the Mary Manning Walsh nursing home on York Avenue in Manhattan.