To Kill a Mockingbird faces issues of racism and injustice of wrongly accused people and a corrupt justice system. Mainly a corrupt system in the fact that it was all white people in the judicial systems such as in the case of Tom Robinson in the story but as well as the Scottsboro Boys case in the real world.
Lynch mobs, which can be seen in the story, were common in the south especially in Alabama. lynch mobs became another worry for African-Americans after their emancipation in the 1860s. The lynch mobs were formed out of the shadows of severe racism and ¨vigilante justice¨ that white southerners saw as something that was justifiable. Lynch mobs were usually in the open where people could see them torturing and killing blacks.
Lynching became a symbol of hatred and racism in this time period because almost all victims were black with the occasional white that stood up for black rights. The victims were almost always pulled out of their houses and jailhouses because they either committed a crime against white people or the mob wants to make an example of the African-American people saying that they should not be allowed to have the same …show more content…
Cunningham and a mob of people go to raid the Jailhouse in which Tom Robinson was in. This dark part of our history was so common that it was becoming almost a daily occurrence that the police were not stopping it and some of the officers even joined in. This was the darkest part of our history and the quote that begins To Kill a Mockingbird ¨ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself¨ - Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Fear itself was sadly not the only thing African-Americans had to fear, they had to fear being dragged out of their house and being killed just for being black. But there is something positive with this subject, due to the amount of lynchings in The South the U.S. Government passed a law the made white's able to be tried and convicted for the
Lynch mobs, which can be seen in the story, were common in the south especially in Alabama. lynch mobs became another worry for African-Americans after their emancipation in the 1860s. The lynch mobs were formed out of the shadows of severe racism and ¨vigilante justice¨ that white southerners saw as something that was justifiable. Lynch mobs were usually in the open where people could see them torturing and killing blacks.
Lynching became a symbol of hatred and racism in this time period because almost all victims were black with the occasional white that stood up for black rights. The victims were almost always pulled out of their houses and jailhouses because they either committed a crime against white people or the mob wants to make an example of the African-American people saying that they should not be allowed to have the same …show more content…
Cunningham and a mob of people go to raid the Jailhouse in which Tom Robinson was in. This dark part of our history was so common that it was becoming almost a daily occurrence that the police were not stopping it and some of the officers even joined in. This was the darkest part of our history and the quote that begins To Kill a Mockingbird ¨ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself¨ - Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Fear itself was sadly not the only thing African-Americans had to fear, they had to fear being dragged out of their house and being killed just for being black. But there is something positive with this subject, due to the amount of lynchings in The South the U.S. Government passed a law the made white's able to be tried and convicted for the