Since the early 1900s, there is racism in the deep south like the State of Alabama. Several African Americans doesn’t have the same right as a white man does. Sometimes, this leads to violence and misjustice. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee wants to tell the people that African Americans don’t have the same rights as a white man. Harper Lee tells a story where a black man is convicted and found guilty because his race is black. While some white man like George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, are against racism and think they should be wiped out. George Wallace gave their inaugural address about civil rights and how this nation should be integrated instead of segregated. One of the most famous misjustice court trial in Alabama is the Scottsboro Boys’ trial.
According to the article “Scottsboro Boys, Trial and Defense Campaign”, the Scottsboro Boys trial lasted about 6 years from 1931 - 1937. The Scottsboro Boys were nine young black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. On March 25, 1931, nine unemployed young black men illegally riding the rails and looking for work. Then, the Scottsboro deputies take them off the train and held on a minor charge in Scottsboro, Alabama. Then the deputies accused the …show more content…
Harper Lee thinks racism should be demolished because that way, everyone can have the same right and opportunities. Harper Lee thinks everyone should be equal. She used Atticus Finch to represent pure justice and against racism. Atticus defends Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus Finch is a white man, and Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman and found guilty because of his race. The people couldn’t find any lawyer when Tom Robinson is convicted in the case except Atticus Finch because most people in Maycomb, Alabama is racist and he would do a good job as a lawyer defending black
According to the article “Scottsboro Boys, Trial and Defense Campaign”, the Scottsboro Boys trial lasted about 6 years from 1931 - 1937. The Scottsboro Boys were nine young black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. On March 25, 1931, nine unemployed young black men illegally riding the rails and looking for work. Then, the Scottsboro deputies take them off the train and held on a minor charge in Scottsboro, Alabama. Then the deputies accused the …show more content…
Harper Lee thinks racism should be demolished because that way, everyone can have the same right and opportunities. Harper Lee thinks everyone should be equal. She used Atticus Finch to represent pure justice and against racism. Atticus defends Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus Finch is a white man, and Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman and found guilty because of his race. The people couldn’t find any lawyer when Tom Robinson is convicted in the case except Atticus Finch because most people in Maycomb, Alabama is racist and he would do a good job as a lawyer defending black