Essay On The Role Of Segregation In To Kill A Mockingbird

Maycomb was a “tired old town...there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see." Many things were affecting the deep south very heavily in this time. There are a few big reasons why and we will be discussing those today. A big deal back in this time period of the South and especially Alabama and Mississippi were the Jim Crow laws, White Supremacy, and segregation. Everywhere in Alabama there were separate facilities which required extra money from the government which didn’t quite help with the lack of money to begin with. Blacks would live in different areas of the city and would have to stay away from whites. Blacks had to walk around with their heads down and couldn’t even look at white women without …show more content…
When a case came up it usually wasn’t done fairly based on the decision or the person being tried couldn’t afford a lawyer. Especially the Jim Crow laws had a huge impact on these trials because blacks could be accused of anything and be found guilty or would just be lynched by some white man or the KKK. Nobody would ever look into a death of a black man. Black men weren’t considered equal to whites in the south and it showed in the courtroom. Judges and the jury would always find blacks guilty in a case whether if it was because of their southern beliefs or if it is because if they had any doubt people would advise them not to bring it up. If they brought it up they would receive death threats and probably be removed from office or at least wouldn’t be in charge of the retrial. There are many other smaller reasons why the south was the way it was in this time period of The Great Depression but as you can see their are more than a few major issues with the south in this time period. Alabama might be considered the most stubborn state but nothing can change unless it wants to and the south has changed so let's be happy knowing this should all be in the