Jim Crow laws are mandated rules created after the Reconstruction in the south. These laws set dividers- separating the two prevalent races of the time, blacks and whites. The regulations in play enhanced the idea that whites are superior to black in all possible ways, directly leading to blacks possessing no authority, value, and rights. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, comprises several specific aspects of Jim Crow Laws focusing on limiting the rights of colored people living in Maycomb at that time. Similarly, articles from Womser and Urofsky provide a synopsis on how these laws are intertwined within the society, and not solely seen in a novel. Church rights, public sitting rights and rights to go on or near the opposing races’ property
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No one appreciates the notion of sharing religious places with the opposing group. Half way through chapter 12, when Calpurnia, a colored care-taker of the Finches ', takes the white kids, Jem and Scout, to a black church, Lula makes rude remarks: “ I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillum to a nigger church…stop right there, nigger” (Lee 119). Lula, a black woman in the “nigger church”, did not enjoy the presence of white people, even if they were just children. By stopping the entrance of the new, unwanted people, Lula emphasized the authority of the black church, separating religion as …show more content…
Towards the end of Wormser’s text, he provides actions taken by the black people during the Scottsboro trials: “All the blacks rose and were forced to sit far away from the trials…” (Wormser). By displaying and showing the colored people had to get up and be sat farther away than everyone justifies the clear separation. In this the Negros are not told to get up but they are immune and inclined to the process of self and group isolation. With both situations regarding public sitting rights, black men had to sacrifice their spot because colored men had no right and say in society with segregation. Another prevalent topic within Jim Crow laws is rights regarding colored men going on or near white property. In chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee described the actions of a “respectable Negro”: “… and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his violation” (Lee 192). By providing an insight of an honorable Negros’ personal thoughts and standings, Lee showed colored people did not want to abuse their limited power, and knew it was better to stay far away from whites then to start a
No one appreciates the notion of sharing religious places with the opposing group. Half way through chapter 12, when Calpurnia, a colored care-taker of the Finches ', takes the white kids, Jem and Scout, to a black church, Lula makes rude remarks: “ I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillum to a nigger church…stop right there, nigger” (Lee 119). Lula, a black woman in the “nigger church”, did not enjoy the presence of white people, even if they were just children. By stopping the entrance of the new, unwanted people, Lula emphasized the authority of the black church, separating religion as …show more content…
Towards the end of Wormser’s text, he provides actions taken by the black people during the Scottsboro trials: “All the blacks rose and were forced to sit far away from the trials…” (Wormser). By displaying and showing the colored people had to get up and be sat farther away than everyone justifies the clear separation. In this the Negros are not told to get up but they are immune and inclined to the process of self and group isolation. With both situations regarding public sitting rights, black men had to sacrifice their spot because colored men had no right and say in society with segregation. Another prevalent topic within Jim Crow laws is rights regarding colored men going on or near white property. In chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee described the actions of a “respectable Negro”: “… and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his violation” (Lee 192). By providing an insight of an honorable Negros’ personal thoughts and standings, Lee showed colored people did not want to abuse their limited power, and knew it was better to stay far away from whites then to start a