Title: Thesis: American history was infinitely changed by the Scottsboro Boys case; the case exposed the country’s faulty judicial system‚ along with its civil and ethnic defects. I. Intro: A. Thesis: American history was infinitely changed by the Scottsboro Boys case. Through this case‚ the country’s faulty judicial system was exposed‚ along with its civil and ethnic defects. II. What was the reaction of the United States of America to this trial? And how has that changed between the time
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the choice is easier said than done‚ and people take the easy way out. Then there are those who find joy in helping others that are lower than they are. But why do these “high rank” people go out of their way for the “lower rank”? In the novel‚ “Scottsboro” by Ellen Feldman‚ these are some of the questions that are examined. This is a novel that is based on an ugly time in American history. It blends historical facts and brings in some fictional characters. One of these characters‚ Alice Whittier
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The Scottsboro Trials The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were on a train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white boys jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff they had been attacked by a group of black boys. The sheriff stopped the train and searched it. In Paint Rock‚ Alabama
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The Scottsboro boys‚ and the case as a whole‚ divided America further in many aspects. During the time of the event‚ the Jim Crow laws were still in place‚ the Ku Klux Klan was present‚ and the Great Depression had just recently occurred. As a result of the Great Depression‚ “hobos” because more plentiful and many people were unemployed. When this event occurred‚ and was publicized internationally‚ I believe it exposed the true condition of America after the depression‚ and intensified the stringent
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Speaking of racism‚ the Scottsboro Trials and other racist behaviors displayed by Caucasians in the South have many parallels to what happened in To Kill a Mockingbird. For the most part‚ the Scottsboro Trials were a series of trials for a group of African American teens who apparently raped two white women who were in a train car with them riding from Tennessee to Alabama (Johnson). Eventually‚ the juries convicted the men despite substantial amounts of evidence to the contrary (Anderson). Specifically
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The famous Scottsboro case began on March twenty fifth nineteen thirty one on one of the Southern Railroad’s trains that was to travel from Chattanooga to Memphis. On this particular day there was approximately twenty four people “hoboing” or hitching a ride on the top of the train most of whom were young males. Among the twenty four riders there were nine african american teenagers four of whom men were from Chattanooga and were traveling to Memphis to investigate rumors about their being government
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include the Scottsboro Trials‚ expectations upon women in the South‚ and Jim Crow Laws. The first real world event that motivated Lee to write her novel is the Scottsboro
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Alabama during the 1930s‚ where African Americans were segregated by white men. Harper Lee said that the Scottsboro trial‚ which was a trial that started because of discrimination‚ inspired her on writing To Kill a Mockingbird. Despite the differences between the Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird‚ both of them had an impact on the racial implications and laws of the south. The Scottsboro Trials was a sad tragedy that took place in Alabama during the 1930s. While nine black youth‚ ages from
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of the Scottsboro Trail. I: Intro II: About Tom Robinson’s case III: About the Scottsboro case The Scottsboro Boys case was among the most important in the history. It was taken to the united states Supreme Court twice. IV: About the Similarities The two trials share similarities in their setting‚ characters‚ and outcomes. The story of the Scottsboro boys is very similar to the case of Tom Robinson in the story To Kill a Mocking Bird. In The Scottsboro trials‚ nine boys were accused
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Change the charge and you would hear the same stereotyped phrases: ’the fair State of Alabama‚ foreigners‚’ and all the rest of that claptrap." "What is it but an appeal to prejudice‚ to sectionalism‚ to bigotry. What he is saying is‚ ’come on boys! We can lick this Jew from New York! Stick it into him! We’re among our home folk.’ " "It was a speech of a man taking an unfair advantage-- a hangman’s speech. . . ." "Now‚ as for the Jew money from New York‚ let me say this: That
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