Why Have African Americans Faced In The 1930's Segregation?

In the 1930’s segregation was strongly enforced, and whites were superior to blacks. In the 1930’s blacks were not permitted to enter white schools. They were also not permitted to use the same public bathrooms as whites because it was against the law. Although most whites never had a problem with the law, blacks did. Blacks were upset because they were not able to eat at the same restaurants as whites. They were also not able to sit in front the of the bus. This segregation and the protest against it not only got many blacks arrested, or killed, but also helped blacks stand up for what was right and against what was wrong. They knew that treating people differently because of their color was wrong, so they tried to make a difference. Even though some tried to make a difference, and eventually died, others kept rising up. In the book To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, similar situations to real …show more content…
As they deboarded, two women decided to get off too.
After the women decided to get off, they shouted “rape”. The women soon reported the incident to a stationmaster, who notified officials to stop the train at the town of Paint Rock. “Dozens of armed men rounded up [the] nine black youths and took them to jail” (The Scottsboro Case 1931). They were about to be charged with assault, until two white women were found hiding on the train wearing boy’s clothes. Even though there was no proof connecting the young black males to the women, the nine black males were charged with raping the women. A trial was then held in the town of Scottsboro, Alabama. As the trail began, no hope for the young black males existed because all the people in court house, and the jury, were white, “The courtroom was one big smiling white face." (qtd. In IN THEIR OWN WORDS). As the all-white jury convicted the nine young black males, all were to be sentenced to death except the youngest one who was only thirteen years