The Scottsboro Boys Trial
In recent cases such as Treyvon Martin, it is evident that justice is being denied to innocent black men, an issue that has raised awareness for far to long. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Nelle Harper Lee, was written in 1960. In this novel, the man falsely accused of raping a white woman has no hope. In the 1930's Scottsboro boys trials, which took place just decades before the novel was written, a group of black men were also falsely accused of raping white women. Although there have been many great movements to promote equality and integration since the 1900s, the bias nature towards African-American men remains.
B. Discrimination causes the justice system to fail Even when all evidence proves a black man's innocence his word seems to be false …show more content…
The personalities of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates are both characterized into Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell's character demonstrates shyness and hostility making her seem as if she is emotionally unstable. Harper Lee, author of, To Kill A Mockingbird, hints at the inconsistency of Victoria's and Ruby's stories by characterizing Mayella as trashy and inconsistent. Samuel Leibowitz like Atticus, lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird, strongly believed in defending the basic rights of man as equals. Although, Atticus resided in Maycomb, the setting of the fictional story, and Samuel was not a resident of Alabama, they both indured rejection from the other members of that town. Also in both cases, if the situation required a harsh tone it could be delivered by them; but, they both are usually soft spoken and remain as very kind and just men. Tom Robinson and The Scottsboro Boys were on trial for being accused of rape. The Scottsboro Boys were all different in their ways one could read and write, one was only 13, one was almost blind, one was sick with syphilis, and some of the others knew each other prior to the incident on the train. Although it was made obvious that he was handicapped, Tom Robinson was characterized as a well-built up and strong man. Because Tom was handicapped in one arm, the disability represented his inability to have committed the crime like the evidence that could not prove their was a rape in The Scottsboro Trials was supposed to do as well, but
B. Discrimination causes the justice system to fail Even when all evidence proves a black man's innocence his word seems to be false …show more content…
The personalities of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates are both characterized into Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell's character demonstrates shyness and hostility making her seem as if she is emotionally unstable. Harper Lee, author of, To Kill A Mockingbird, hints at the inconsistency of Victoria's and Ruby's stories by characterizing Mayella as trashy and inconsistent. Samuel Leibowitz like Atticus, lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird, strongly believed in defending the basic rights of man as equals. Although, Atticus resided in Maycomb, the setting of the fictional story, and Samuel was not a resident of Alabama, they both indured rejection from the other members of that town. Also in both cases, if the situation required a harsh tone it could be delivered by them; but, they both are usually soft spoken and remain as very kind and just men. Tom Robinson and The Scottsboro Boys were on trial for being accused of rape. The Scottsboro Boys were all different in their ways one could read and write, one was only 13, one was almost blind, one was sick with syphilis, and some of the others knew each other prior to the incident on the train. Although it was made obvious that he was handicapped, Tom Robinson was characterized as a well-built up and strong man. Because Tom was handicapped in one arm, the disability represented his inability to have committed the crime like the evidence that could not prove their was a rape in The Scottsboro Trials was supposed to do as well, but