How Does Atticus Use Racial Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was written in a very interesting time frame in the history of America. The sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama is plagued with racial injustices-and it’s sadly no surprise. In the novel, Tom Robinson, a black man, is convicted of the crime of raping a white woman. The difference in race is what makes the case more unfair in Tom Robinson’s case. One of the main characters, Atticus, is the lawyer selected to take up the Tom Robinson trial and defend him. Atticus already knows that he is going to lose the case, but he takes it up anyway. This causes the people of Maycomb to act rudely towards not only Atticus, but his kids as well. The two children are subject to taunting and bullying from their schoolmates and the inhabitants of the town. If Atticus had taken up a case where there was a white man in place of Tom Robinson, none of this would happen to any of them. Atticus believes that everyone should be polite to one another and treat …show more content…
African American people are tired of the blatant prejudice towards them, and decide to do something about it. A notable catalyst for the civil rights movement is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King took a stand against racial injustice by using nothing but peaceful methods-no violence was involved. The effects of his works rippled throughout the nation, and all people were gifted with equal rights. If the sleepy little town of Maycomb was set in a timeframe after the civil rights movement, things would most likely be a lot different. Even if the town is set in the south, people would likely be more open minding. The Tom Robinson case would not have as big as an effect on the townspeople, and nobody would have made too big of a fuss about it. All in all, the civil rights movement did indeed have an effect on the nation, gaining all people equal rights. However, the world will always be filled with close-minded