InScottsboro,Alabama,March9,1931nineAfricanamericanboys,OlenMontgomery,ClarenceNorris, HaywoodPatterson,OziePowell,WillieRoberson,CharlesWeems,EugeneWilliams,AndyWright,andRoy WrightwereincriminatedofrapeingtwowhitewomenonthesubwayAstheywereaccusedofrapingRubyBates andVictoriaPricetheywereputontrial.Thistrailwaslongandunfair.Onthetraintheboyswereevidentlytaken awaybythesheriff,onceRubytoldapossemember(sheriff/police)of...
TheScottsboroTrial
PaperHowdidtheScottsboroTrialschangethefaceofracisminthe1930's?Inthepastpeoplehavebeentreated differentlyjustbecauseofthepigmentoftheirskin.TheScottsboroboysweretreatedlikethisandwerefalsely accusedofcrimebywhitepeopleTheyfacedmanyyearsofwhitebias,buttheycontinuedtofightforwhatthey believedin.TheyfoughttheclutchesofracismandpovertyjustlikeTomRobinsondidinthenovel,ToKilla MockingbirdTheScottsboroTrialsrelatetothenovel
TheScottsboroTrial
TheScottsboroTrialswereamongthelargestlegalinjusticesintheSouth.Theeventsthatstartedthetrialsbegan intheearlyspringof1931,whennineyoungblackmenwerefalselyaccusedofrapingtwowhitewomenona trainThecasesweretriedandappealedinAlabamaandtwicearguedbeforetheUSSupremeCourtThestate pursuedthecaseandall-whitejuriesdeliveredguiltyverdictsthatinitiallycarriedthedeathpenalty.Severalofthe accusedweresentencedtoprisontermsandall
ScottsboroTrial
TheScottsborotrialshappenedinthe1931anddraggedonforyears.Thesecasesweresolelybasedonthe prejudicesurroundingblacksandgenderThecasespresentedintheScottsboroFilmrepresentedthefightfor justice.Nineboyswerewrongfullyarrestedandimprisonedforyearswhilesocietyusedtheseyoungblackmens oppressiontofurtheritsownagendaThesecasesruinedthelifeofnineyoungmenbuttheyalsohelpedmake dramatic,vitalchangesinthecriminaljusticesystemandtheconstitution...
AnAnalysisOfTheScottsboroTrials
ThefinalinspirationforthebookistheScottsborotrialsTheScottsborotrialswereaseriesofcourtcasesfornine blackyoungmen,whowerefalselyaccusedofrapingtwowhitewomen(Anderson)Thegruelingcaseslastedfor manyyears.Theverdictofoneofthefirstcaseswasthemenwereguilty.Thecaseeventuallymadeitswasupto theSupremeCourtwheremoreevidencewasdiscoveredWhichwasthatthemenwereridingatraincarto Alabamain1931,whilethewomenwereonacompletely...
TheScottsboroTrialsEssay
racisttheScottsboroTrials,weredefinitelynotjustanotherordinarycaseTheScottsboroTrialschangedhow Americaviewedsegregation.Thenineyoungmen,whohoppedontothattrainthatday,wereinnocentand harmlessTheScottsboroTrialsrevealedtheunjusttreatmentthatAfricanAmericansfacedoutsideoftheHarlem RenaissanceandchangedviewsonsegregationBoardingthetrainfromChattanoogatoMemphisseemslikean innocentthingtodo("UMKC"par.2).FortheScottsboroboys,boarding...
TheScottsboroTrials
TheScottsboroTrialsEssay
TheScottsboroTrialsRacismwastedthelivesofnineyoung,blackmen.Inatrialwheretheonlyplausible evidenceprovedtheirinnocence,theywerestillconvicted.Theywereaccusedofrape,butallitwaswasan accusationTherewasnothingtobackitupTheyenduredmanytrialsalmostallofwhichhadprejudicejuries Thisisthestoryofnineyoungmenwhohadlittle,andthenhadeverythingtakenawayfromthem.OnMarch24, 1931,nineblackyouths
ScottsboroTrialAnalysis
thiscase.Itwastakenasajokeanditwaslaughedaboutratherthanfrownedupon.Justicewassnatchedaway becauseofthisvulgar"joke"TheScottsboroBoysTrial,thattookplaceinAlabamafrom1931to1937,revealed theconsequencesoffalseaccusations,explainedthelossofinnocence,andestablishedthemiscarriageofjustice. TheScottsboroTrialshadsetalimittofalselyaccusingsomeoneandcreatedalegacyofracismthathadnever beenforgotten"Alsodiscoveredaboardweretwowhite
ScottsboroTrialResearchPaper
Today,intheUnitedStates,peoplearenotpunishedforthecoloroftheirskin,backinthe1930s,aperson'srace wastakenintoconsiderationwhenincourtTherearemanyinstancesofracisminbothtrials,whichimpactedthe outcome.TheScottsboroTrialconsistedoftwowhitegirlsandagroupofblackyouths.21yearoldVictoriaPrice and17yearoldRubyBateswereonatrainridebacktotheirhometown,Huntsville,withagroupofsevenwhite boys.Agroupof12-15blackyouthswere...
CaseAnalysis:TheScottsboroTrial
TheScottsboroBoysTrialwasahugecaseagainstnineAfricanAmericanmenwhobetweentheages13-19were accusedforsexuallyassaultingtwocaucasianwomenonatraintheywerefalselyandwronglyaccused.Thiscase startedin1931onatrainnearPaintRock,AlabamaEightofthenineyoungmenwereconvictedandsentencedto deaththeninthwassentencedtolifeinprison.Theseyoungmenshouldnothavebeenmistreatedwhilebeingheld andtriedwithoutevidencebasedontheirraceandsentenced...
ToKillAMockingbird:TheScottsboroTrial
Mockingbird,butitisalsothestoryofnineyoungmeninScottsboro,AlabamawholivedthroughToKilla Mockingbird'stragicracialprejudice.InMaycombandScottsboro,thetrialsputmanyethicalandsocietalnorms intoquestionThetrialswereaffectedbytheracialprejudicethatthelawyersofthedefensetriedtoquestionIn oneof...
ScottsboroTrialsResearchPaper
changedtotakeplaceTheScottsborotrialscanbeagreatexampleofjustthatOnMarch25,1931nineyoung blackmenranginginagesfromtwelvetotwentywerearrestedandwereconvictedofallegedlyrapingtwowomen onafreighttraintravelingfromAlabamatoTennessee.AccusedbytwowhitewomenVictoriaPriceandRuby BatesthemenwerebroughttotrialThetrialslasteduptoalmostsixyearsandwerenamedTheScottsboroTrials Itcanbesaidthatthetrialswereprominentandnecessary...
ScottsboroTrialsResearchPaper
TheScottsboroTrialsTheScottsborotrialswereacasethatoccurredduringthe1930'sdealingwithrapeof2 whitewomenbyagroupofyoungblackboys.Thetrialsincludedahugeamountofracismtyingintotheoutcome. ThisaccusedoffenseoftheboysoccurredonatrainFirsttheseboygotinanallegedfightwithsomewhitemen Thewomengotcaughtupinthefight.Thisresultedintheblackboysandwomentobethrownoffthetraininthe townofPaintRockAlabama(Johnson)Whenoffthe
UnfairTreatmentduringtheScottsboroTrials
Aroundthistimeblackswerestillnottreatedfairly,eveninpoverty.IntheScottsborocaseinAlabamatwowhite womanprostitutesfalselyaccusednineAfricanAmericanyouthsofrapeonafreighttraincar;theboyswere convictedineverytrialduetotheprejudicesofanallwhitejury,andtheyhadanattorneywithlittletono motivationtoputanyeffortintotheirdefense.TheboysoftheScottsborotrialswerenevertreatedfairlyfromthe beginningThewholejourneywasfilledwith
SimilaritiesBetweenTomRobinsonAndScottsboroTrial
ConnectionsbetweentheScottsboroTrialandTomRobinsonDidyoueverwonderwhotheScottsboroBoys were?WhathappentoTomRobinson?Howtheycouldmanagetheracisms?Howitfelttobearrestedfor somethingyoudidn'tdo?InToKillAMockingBird,TomRobinsonwasarrestedforacrimehenevercommitted. Inaddition,thattimeperiodthereweremanyracismincidentsthatoccurred.Inmanyways,theScottsboroBoys andTomRobinsonwerealike,butalsodifferentInTokillAMockingBird
bookfromTheScottsboroTrialsThemainplotinthebookisaboutAtticus,alawyerwhowasdefendingTom Robinson,ablackmanaccusedofrapingawhitewomanThesettingtookplaceinatimethatwasveryracistand segregatedinMaycomb,Alabama.TheScottsboroTrialswasaboutninemenaccusedofraping2whitewomen. HarperLeebasedtheTomRobinsontrialinhernovelonthereallifeeventsoftheScottsboroTrials,butthere weresignificantdifferencesbetweenthetrials.Thereareseveral...
CompareandContrast:"toKillaMockingbird"&ScottsboroTrials
waswritingaboutthetrialofTomRobinsonin"ToKillaMockingbird,"shehadaveryrealcasetolooktofor inspiration.ThetrialoftheScottsboroBoyswasaworldrenownedcaseinthe1930'sinwhichnineblackyouths wereaccusedofrapingtowhitegirlsinAlabamaLee'snoveltookthiscaseandcreatedthefictionalcaseofTom Robinson,ablackmanaccusedofrapingalowerclasswhitegirlinasmalltowninAlabamaduringthe Depression-era.TheScottsborotrialswerethemainsource...
WhyWasTheScottsboroBoysTrialUnfair
TheScottsboroboystrialtookplaceinMarchof1931,atrialthatwasdictatedbyraceandnotbyactionsThe accusationswerefaulty,aswastheevidence.Yettheboyswereallsentencedfordeathorlifeimprisonment.The trialwasunfairatleast,thenineblackboyswereinthewrongplaceatthewrongtimeTheboyswereridinga traintofindworkandinsteadgotintoafightwithsomeofthewhitemenonthetrain.Thepolicewerecalledand theycame.Twowomenwerealsointhetrain...
SimilaritiesBetweenToKillAMockingbirdAndTheScottsboroTrial
HowDidTheScottsboroTrialImpactAmerica
TheScottsborotrialimpactedAmericaasawhole.Theninemenbeingconvictedofrapedidnothaveafairtrial. Duringthe1930s,AmericawasinatimeofveryserioussegregationIfablackmansupposedlysleptwitha "Southernwhitewomen"theywouldbelynched.AspecificexampleofthiswouldbewhentheScottsboroboys weregoingtojail,acrowdofover100peopletriedtolynchthem(DouglasO.Linder).Inthetimeperiod, Americahadmanyraceriots,sothisincidentwouldnotbesurprising
SimilaritiesBetweenToKillAMockingbirdAndScottsboroTrial
theScottsborotrialandthetrialofTomRobinsoninthenovel,ToKillaMockingbird.NocrimeinAmerican historyproducedasmanytrials,convictions,reversals,andretrialsasdidanallegedgangrapeoftwowhitegirls bynineblackteenagersonasouthernrailroadfreightrunonMarch25,1931.TheauthorofToKilla Mockingbird,HarperLee,wasayounggirlduringtheScottsborotrialandbasedthetrialofTomRobinsoninher noveloffoftheScottsborotrialof1931.Bothtrialswere...
ScottsboroTrialsResearchPaper
TheScottsboroTrialswerethetrialsagainstnineyoungAfricanAmericanmenwhowerefalselyaccusedofthe rapeoftwowhitewomeninScottsboro,AlabamaThemenwereCharlieWeems,OziePowell,ClarenceNorris, OlenMontgomery,WillieRoberson,HaywoodPatterson,EugeneWilliams,AndrewWright,andLeroyWright. Onafreighttrain,March25,1931,afightbeganbetweenagroupofpeopleofwhiteandblackraceAfterthe altercationthetrainmadeastopinScottsborototurnsomeofthepeople...
TheConsequencesOfJimCrowRacismInTheScottsboroTrials
foronepersontostandaloneandeffectivelyfightTofurtherthis,theScottsboroTrialsshowtheunfairnessthat peopleofcolorexperiencedinthistime.Forexample,theRansdellReport,writtenbyayoungteacher,journalist, andactivistnamedHollaceRansdellsentbytheAmericanCivilLibertiesUnionstates,"TheInternationalLabor Defense,whichhadrepresentativesonthesceneatthetimeofthetrialinScottsboro,andwhoseattorney,George Chamlee,ofChattanooga,latermadeinvestigations
WhatAreTheSimilaritiesBetweenTheScottsboroTrialsAndToKill AMockingbird
eventsoftheScottsboroBoystowriteToKillaMockingbirdbasedofthefollowingevidenceSeveralofthe charactersinToKillaMockingbirdareverysimilartopeoplethatwereinvolvedintheScottsboroBoystrials. ThesettinginasmallAlabamatownaresimilarandthatbothoftheaccousedrapesarebothundersimilar circumstancesthatablackmanwasaccusedbyawhitewomen.Thisessaywillbecomparingcharactersfromthe booktorealpeoplefromtheScottsboroBoystrialsIncludingHaywood
SalemWitchTrialVsScottsboroTrial
wasoutofproportion?ThewitchesintheSalemWitchTrialsandtheaccusedboysintheScottsboroBoysTrials werefalselyaccused,hadevidenceoftheirinnocence,andwereblacklistedfromsociety.(SalemWitchTrialV.S. ScottsboroTrials)DuringtheSalemWitchTrials,youngwomenwereaccusedofconjuringevilspirits.(Salem WitchTrial)Severallocalwomenwereaccusedofperformingwitchcraftinthewoodsoftheirtown(SalemWitch Trial)Notallofthegirlsconfessedtobeinginthewood...
TheScottsboroTrials,Brownv.Mississippi,andtrialofTomRobinson inHarperLee’sToKillaMockingbird
TheScottsboroTrials,BrownvMississippi,andtrialofTomRobinsoninHarperLee'sToKillaMockingbird Thepurposeofthisessayistocomparethreeverysimilarcases,theScottsboroTrials,Brownv.Mississippi,and thefictionaltrialofTomRobinsoninHarperLee'sToKillaMockingbird;andtoprovewhythedefendantofthe thirdtrialneverhadachance.EachtookplaceintheruralSouthinthe1920'sand30'sandinvolvedtheunfair convictionofyoungblackmalesbyall-white...
InTheScottsboroTrial
TheAmericanjudicialsystemisdesignedtohaveequalandfairtrialsThe14thamendmentabideswiththatand hasmadeitsoeveryonereceivesjusttrials.Today'ssocietyandjudicialsystemhavedefinitelyimprovedfromthe pastinregardstoracism,however,insomecasesblackscontinuetogetconvictedandchargedwithoutsolidor anyevidence,solelytakenonthewordofskepticalorinfluencedwitnesses.Yet,inrecentyears,scienceand technologyhavedevelopedandallowedourlegalsystem
TheScottsboroTrial
twoandthreefromthenineweretriedatatimeSixoutofthenineboysclaimedtheeventofrapenevertook placewhiletheotherthreehesitantlyagreedthattheeventtookplaceduetothethreatstheyhadreceived(Linder). Consistingoffourtrials,thelawsuitresultedintheconvictionanddeathsentencesofsevenoftheboysRoy WrightandEugeneWilliams,theyoungestoftheconvictedboys–attheagesoftwelveandthirteen,respectively–werenotgivendeathsentencesduetotheiryoung
SalemWitchTrialsVsScottsboroResearchPaper
TheSalemWitchTrialsandtheScottsboroTrialwerebothmajoreventsthatoccurredthatruinedpeople'slives becauseoffalseaccusations.TheSalemWitchTrialswasaneventthatwaslaterturnedintoaplaywhilethe ScottsboroTrialreallyhappenedIntheyear1931,nineyoungblackmenwereaccusedofrapingtwowhite womenonatrainnearScottsboro,Alabama."ThenineblackmenaccusedofrapingRubyBatesandVictoriaPrice wereCharlieWeems,OziePowell,ClarenceNorris,Olen
SalemWitchTrialsVsScottsboroResearchPaper
DoTheSalemWitchTrialsandTheScottsboroTrialsrelate?TheSalemWitchTrialsandTheScottsboroTrials representpeoplethatwereblamedforthingsthattheydidn'tdoTheconsequencesconsistedofjailtimeandeven murder.TheScottsboroTrialsofAlabama,startedin1931.NineAfricanAmericanboyswereaccusedofraping twogirlsonboardatrainnearScottsboro,Alabama.(ATragedyoftheAmericanSouth)Afightbrokeoutbetween whiteandblackgroupsofyouthsVictoriaPriceandRuby
WhatAreTheSimilaritiesBetweenTheCrucibleAndScottsboro Trials
TheScottsborotrialin1931wassimilartoTheCruciblebecausepeoplearebeingfalselyaccusedtosave themselves.ThishistoricaleventhadmanysimilaractionstoTheCruciblestorybypeoplebeingaccusedtohelp themselvesoutanddon'tcareaboutthepeoplewhogotaccusedThetrialsofboththeScottsborotrialandthe Salemwitchtrialscanreallyshowpeoplewhataccusingcandotothevictimsandthetown.IntheScottsborotrial thevictimsweretwogirls,thosetwogirlsaccused9
Analysis:TheScottsboroTrial
beliefofaquiet,submissiveAsianwomanandangerbeingunlady-likeingeneralIwantedtoshowmyangerat beingobjectifiedbyaracist,patriarchalsocietyandLordedefinitelyhelpedmedothat.Marable,Manning,and LeithMullings"TheScottsboroTrials,1930"ÂLetNobodyTurnUsAround:VoicesofResistance,Reform,and Renewal:AnAfricanAmericanAnthology.2nded.Lanham:Rowman&Littlefield,2009.279-81.Print....
ScottsboroBoysTrial
mockingbird?Thoughsherevealsthatitisasinbecausetheyareinnocent,whatisshetrulyimplying?Isshe discussingtheeventsofTomRobinson'sfictionaltrial,orsomethingdeeper?Howeveronevisionsit,itisclearthe storywouldnothavedevelopedandliveduptoitsglorywithoutmanyofitscharactersandeventsthat
ThetrialsoftheScottsboroBoys,oneofthemostimportantjudicialcasesofthe1930'sarosewhennineAfricanAmericanyoungmenrodethetraininScottsboro,Alabamainsearchforwork.Insteadoffindingjob opportunities,theyfoundthemselvesfacedwithdeathsentencesafterbeingwronglyaccusedofrapingtwowhite teenagegirls.Thecaselastedapproximatelysixyearsduetocampaignsthatclaimeditdealtwithracismand begantodemandtheirrighttoafairtrialFiela'sChild,published
ScottsboroTrialsResearchPaper
Asunfortunateasitis,therearemanyinstancesthroughoutAmericanhistorythathighlightracismasadeeply rootedproblem.OnesuchseriesofeventsweretheScottsboroTrialsoftheearly1930s.Tofullyunderstandthe meaningoftheTrialsthemselves,onemustfirstunderstandthetimeperiodThiswasthe1930s,theheightofthe Depression;foodandmoneywerescarceandmanypeoplewere'ridingtherails'cross-countryinsearchof employment(Anderson;Johnson)March25,1931founda
TheScottsboroTrialsAndRacialPrejudice
includesTheScottsboroTrials.Bothstoriesupriseinthe1930s,displayingawhitesupremacistmindset,which twocasesfallintotheconvictionofrapeTheScottsborocasestartedonatraintonorthernAlabamatosouthern Tennessee,whennineAfricanAmericanboys,ranginginagesfrom13-19,allegedlyrapedtwo"innocent" Caucasianwomen,VictoriaPriceandRubyBates.RacialdiscriminationuprisesinAmericanjudicialsystemwhen showninToKillaMockingbirdandTheScottsboroTrialsthrough
TheTrialsOfTheScottsboroBoys
ComparingTheScottsboroTrialAndTomRobinson'sTrial
parallelsbetweentheScottsboroTrialandTomRobinson'sTrial,inToKillaMockingbird,byHarperLeeAs HarperLeegrew,up,shewassurroundedwithnewsoftheScottsboroTrial,whichhadalargeimpactinhernovel Buttherearealsomanydeeperparallelsbetweenthesetwo.BothtrialscontainedAfrican-American(s)being accusedofrapetoawhitewoman,butLeehadawaytoshowthisthroughachild'seyes,presumably,herasa youngchildexperiencingtheScottsboroTrialsfirsthand.Thecharacters...
ComparingTheScottsboroTrialsAndTheSalemWitchTrials
inScottsboro,Alabama,nineyoungblackmenwerechargedwithrapingtwowhitewomenTheyweretried, convicted,andsentencedtodeath.WhilethedeathsentenceswereoverturnedbytheAlabamaSupremeCourt,the Scottsboroboysstillservedanaverageoftenyearsinprisonforacrimethattheydidn'tcommitWhilethe Scottsborotrialstookplaceover200yearsaftertheSalemWitchTrials,thecircumstancessurroundingbothcases areextremelysimilar.OnewayinwhichtheScottsboroTrials...
CourtCases:TheScottsboroTrial
TheScottsboroBoyswerenineAfricanAmericanteenagersaccusedofrapingtwoWhiteAmericanwomenona traininAlabamain1931.Thesewerelandmarklegalcasesduetothisincidentdealingwithracismandtherightto afairtrialThecasesincludedalynchmobbeforesuspectshadevenbeenindicted,all-whitejuries,rushedtrials, andhostiledisruptivemobs.ItisoftenregardedasagraveexampleofamiscarriageofjusticeintheU.S.legal system.Theboyswereallpromptlyarrestedand...
ScottsboroTrialsandtoKillaMockingbird
TheScottsboroTrialandthetrialofTomRobinsonarealmostidenticalintheformsofbiasshownandthe accusersthatwerepersecutedThebiasisobviousandisshownthroughoutbothcases,whichtookplaceinthe sametimeperiod.Commonparallelsareseenthroughthetimeperiodthatbothtrialshavetakenplaceinandthose whowerepersecutedandwhytheywerepersecutedinthefirstplace.Thethoughtof"Allblackswereliars,andall blacksarewrongdoers,"wasamajorpartofallofthese
ScottsboroTrialsInThe1930's
finallytotoday.RacismhasledtoagreatdealofimpactionontheUnitedStates.Oneeventthatrockedournation wouldbetheScottsborotrialsinthe1930'sTheScottsborocasetragedychangedAmericabecauseforthefirst timeitwasmadepublic,heightenedthenation'semotionsandwhitesSouthernersfeltthreatenedbythecolored andtheiradvancementsTheScottsborocaseinthe1930'sinAlabamawasmadeextremelypublicthroughradios, newspapers,andbywordofmouth,whichsparkedamajor...
PrejudiceAndRacism:TheScottsboroTrial
themselves(Routledge).Primarilythefightforpowerwasforwhitesonlybecausewhiteslookedtogainmore powerandtheydidn'twantblackstogainorhaveanypowerOnecriticaleventthatIcanrelateracismtoisthe ScottsboroTrials.TheScottsborotrialwasatrialthatwasbetween...
ScottsboroTrialBookReport
muchliketheHolocaustinEurope,thatweshouldneverforgetandneverrepeatThisstoryisbasedonreallife eventsinthelifeofHarperLee,theauthor.HerfatherdefendedseveralinnocentAfricanAmericanmenduringthe infamous"ScottsboroTrials"FeelfreetoGooglethistogetmoreinformationBasically,therewereagroupof teens/youngmenaccusedofrapingtwoyoungwomenwhowereCaucasianandpossiblyalsoprostitutes.Themen wereinnocentBut,becauseofabrokenandunfair
CompareAndContrastTheScottsboroTrialAndTheTomRobinson Trial
(OutlineDue)5-11-18(RoughDraftDue)5-16-18Thereallifevs.bookliferape/trialeventsthattookplace:An analysisoftherealworldinfluencesuponharperleeTheScottsboroTrialandtheTomRobinsonTrialsareso complicatedbecauseofallthefalseeventsandlyinginvolvedHarperLeehadtheideatomakethebookToKilla MockingbirdfromtherealworldeventslikeScottsborotrialswiththeTomRobinsontrial.Twogirlsthatwere ÂrapedÂwronglyaccusednineblackmen,RubyBatesandVictoria
ComparingToKillAMockingbirdAndTheScottsboroTrial
inScottsboroTrialssays,"...twowhitewomen,RubyBatesandVictoriaPrice,accusedtheblackmenofraping them"(Scottsboro:AmericanTragedy)AnothersimilarityisthatthemainplaintiffsVictoriaPriceandMayella Ewellliedabouttheircasestodefendtheirwhitewomanhoodandprotectthemselvesfromgettingcaughtillegally ridingthetrain.TheScottsboroTrialsdocumentdeclaresthatVictoriaPriceandherfriendRubyBatesavoided arrestfromridingthetrainbysayingthattheywere
ScottsboroTrial:TheRealTrialofTomRobinsoninToKilla Mockingbird
ThehistoricalScottsboroTrialandthefictionaltrialofTomRobinsoninthebookToKillaMockingbirdhave strikingsimilaritiesthatmayormaynotbecoincidenceBothtrialstookplaceinAlabamaduringthesameeraof relentlessprejudiceandbias,whichisamajorfactorineachofthesecases.Inbothcases,theaccuserswerewhite womenandthepersecutorswereblackmen;thereforetheblackmenwereimmediatelyconsideredliarsand "wrongdoers",unlikethewordofthewhitewomen,which...
ToKillAMockingbirdVsScottsboroTrialEssay
verdictsbeingguilty,theTomRobinsonandtheScottsborotrialsshowhowunfairpeoplecanbeÂSegregation, Racism,andbeingprejudiceshowhowunjustthemenweretreated.ÂEventhoughbothwereinnocent,both verdictswereguilty.ÂÂÂBothTheScottsboroTrialandToKillaMockingbirdshowhowtheblackswere comparedtothewhitesÂTheywereseparatedbecauseoftheirskincolorÂRacialsegregationwasakeysubject inTomRobinson'strial.Inthebookitexplainsthathiscasewashopeless...
SimilaritiesBetweenTomRobinsonAndTheScottsboroTrial
resemblancewiththereallifeeventoftheScottsborotrialseeingasTomRobinsonwasfalselyaccusedofrapinga whitewomanandtheScottsboroboyswhereagroupofblackteenagerswhowerealsofalselyaccusedofraping twowhitegirls.Therearemanysimilaritiesaswellasdifferencesbetweenthesestories,buttheybothshowthe realitythatisracisminthelegalsystemManycomparisonscanbemadebetweenthetwotrialsofTomRobinson andtheScottsboroBoys.Onecomparisoncouldbethefact...
SimilaritiesBetweenScottsboroTrialAndToKillAMockingbird
wasayounggirl,shewasattheScottsboroTrialDuringtheScottsboroTrial,therewere9AfricanAmerican teenagerswhowereaccusedofrapingtwowhiteAmericanfemalesonatrain.Whileinthebook,ToKillA MockingbirdbyHarperLee,acoloredmannamedTomRobinsonwasaccusedofrapingawhitewomannamed MayellaEwell.IntheScottsboroTrialandtheTomRobinsonTrial,therearemanysimilarities/differences betweenthem.Furthermore,theScottsboroboyswere9AfricanAmerican...
SimilaritiesBetweenScottsboroTrialAndToKillAMockingbird
killamockingbirdisanovelwrittenbyHarperLeeandissetinmaycombcountythattakesplaceinthe1930's ThescottsborotrialisaboutnineAfricanamericanteenagersaccusedinAlabamaofrapingtwowhiteamerican womenonatrainin1931Intokillamockingbird,HarperLeeshowshowfearandracismisoftenmorepowerful thanreasonandintelligence.TheScottsborotrialissimilar.Intokillamockingbirdtheauthorshowsushowhard itwasforcoloredpeopleAcoloredperson
SimilaritiesBetweenScottsboroTrialAndToKillAMockingbird
timeatwhichthe"ScottsboroTrial"wasgoingoninScottsboro,Alabamaaroundthetimeofthe1930'sAgroup ofguyswereaccusedofrapintwogirlsandtheyhadnotdonethatbuteitherwaytheywereputtojail.Theyonly wenttojailbecausetheywereblackandnoonetrustedblackpeopleatthetimeAlsointhestory"ToKilla Mockingbird"ByHarperLee,inthebook,TomRobinsonwastriedforrapingaladynamedMayellaEwell.Tom RobinsonwasblackjustliketheScottsboroBoyssohewas
SimilaritiesBetweenEmmettTillAndTheScottsboroTrial
DivyaRaoMrs.MasudaLit/Writing(3)21January,2016ResearchNotes1ResearchQuestion:Howdidthe murderofEmmettTillandtheScottsboroTrialbringtolighttheracialprejudiceintheSouthandhowmuchdidit pushtheCivilRightsMovement?MLACitation:"EmmettTill"ContemporaryBlackBiographyVol7Detroit: Gale,1994.U.S.HistoryinContext.Web.14Jan.2016.SourceAnalysis:C:Thearticlewasfirstpublishedin 1994andrevisedonApril24,2007Thisindicatesthatthe
EssayaboutTheScottsboroTrialsandToKillAMockingbird
TheScottsboroTrialandthetrialofTomRobinsonarealmostidenticalintheformsofbiasshownandthe accusersthatwerepersecutedThebiasisobviousandisshownthroughoutbothcases,whichtookplaceinthe sametimeperiod.Commonparallelsareseenthroughthetimeperiodthatbothtrialshavetakenplaceinandthose whowerepersecutedandwhytheywerepersecutedinthefirstplace.Thethoughtof"Allblackswereliars, andallblacksarewrongdoers,"wasamajorpartof
SimilaritiesBetweenToKillAMockingbirdAndTheScottsboroTrials
IntheScottsboroTrials,therewere9boysallaccusedfalselyofacrimetheydidnotcommitKnowinghowmuch worsetheracistbackintheearly1900swasshowswehavecomealongway,butarestillfarfromacompletely non-racistworldToKillAMockingbirdisalsoagreatexampleonhowthingswerebackthen,seeingasthetwo casescarrythenearlyexactsamethings.Bothwerefalselyaccusedbypoorwhitewomenthathadnomedical evidenceprovidedatthe'crimescene'Bothofthesethings
EssayComparingTheScottsboroTrialsAndToKillAMockingbird
inwhoweare.Everydecisionwemakeisbasedonwhatwearetoldisrightandwhatwearemadetobelievewe havetodo.MayellaEwell,RubyBatesandVictoriaPriceareperfectexamplesofvictimsofsociety.ToKillA MockingbirdandtheScottsboroTrialsareparallelsituationsthatreflectuponhowsocietyaffectsdecisionmaking.Althoughthechoicewastheirswhethertobeaccusersornot,theywereputintoapositionthatthey believedtheyhadtolietogetthemselvesoutofMayella
SimilaritiesBetweenScottsboroBoysTrialAndToKillAMockingbird
rightchoiceinsteadoftheeasierone.ThisisshowninboththeScottsboroBoystrialandToKillaMockingbird. Inthenovel,ablackmanisaccusedofrapingawhitewomanIntheScottsboroBoystrial,nineblackteenagers arebeingaccusedofrapingtwowhitewomen.Bothofthesetrialstakeplaceduringaracisttimeperiod,givingthe defenseadisadvantage.SignsofmoralcourageisshownwhenotherschosetodefendScottsboroboysandTom Robinson,butcowardlinessisalsoshownaspeople
playedabigroleinbothTomRobinsonandtheScottsboroBoystrialRacismledbothcasestoendwiththesame conclusionDespiteAtticusandSamueltenaciouslyprovingthatthemenwerenotguilty,forinstance,Tom Robinsonhadabadarm,whichhecouldnothavepossiblyhitMayellawithandmanyoftheScottsboroboyshad theirownphysicalweakpoints,themenwerestillwronglyconvictedSincethebeginningwhenTomRobinson andtheScottsboroboysfirststeppedfootintothecourtroomtheir...
SimilaritiesBetweenToKillaMockingBirdsandtheScottsboroand TomRobinsonTrial
TheScottsboroTrialandtheTomRobinsonTrialarealmostidenticalintheformsofracismandprejudiceshown andthetheactualtrialandthetrialsoutcome.Theracismandprejudiceisclearandisakeyfactorthroughoutboth cases,whichtookplaceinthesametimeperiod.Bothtrialsareverycommonwhenitcametothetimeperiod,the timethetrialshavetakenplacein,thosewhowerepersecutedandlastly,whytheywerepersecutedinthefirst place."Allblackswereliars,andalwayswas...
ScottsboroBoys:InnocentUntilProvenGuilty?
CompareAndContrastTomRobinsonAndTheScottsboroBoysTrial
guilty"InthenovelTheScottsboroBoyswrittenbyoneofthenine,HaywoodPattersontellsusabouthistragic experiencehehadtogothroughforovertenyearsofhislife.TheScottsboroBoyswereinnocentbecauseofthe lackofwitnessesfromthescene,Racistactsagainstthemincourtandsmallamountofevidenceagainsttheboys.
OneofthereasonsthattheScottsboroBoyswereinnocentwasbecauseofthelackofwitnessesfromthescene Throughoutthefourtrialsagainsttheboystherewere...
TheScottsboroBoysCaseStudy
Weems,EugeneWilliams,andOlenMontgomery-alsoknownastheScottsboroboys,werechargedwithrapeby VictoriaPriceandRubyBates.ThegirlsclaimedtohavebeenrapedbytheScottsboroboysafterfightingbroke outbetweenthemandagroupofwhitemenTheallegedcrimehappenedonatrain,duringthattimeperiod hoboing-travellingbytraininsearchofjobs,wasincrediblypopular.Keywitnessestothistrialwerethe Scottsboroboys,the15whitemenonthetrain,Dr.R.R.Bridges-the...
TheMurderOfScottsboroBoys
accusationbroughtforthamobofwhitepeopleinthetownofScottsboroTheboysspentyearsontrialforthis Thefirsttrialwasthoughttohavebeenthefinalconvention,littledidtheyknowitwasonlythebeginning.A secondtrialwasheldforthenineboysthatshooktheentirenationAfterthesecondtrialathirdonewasheldafter thejudgesuspectedthattheevidencewasnotproperlyexamined.Thenineyoungboys,knownas"TheScottsboro Boys",spenttheirlivesinandoutofacourtroomand
