Jim Crow Laws In To Kill A Mockingbird

The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws were a set of rules that perpetuated racism and segregation. These rules were sickening and appalling. The Jim Crow laws were made to keep Blacks from interacting with Whites. For example, if a white woman were to fall a black man could not offer her, his hand to help her up because it was considered rape (Pilgrim 2). Many scientists and religious leaders justified these laws. One reason was that scientist thought that black peoples brains were inferior to those of white people. Also, many religious leaders believed that Whites were the chosen people and Blacks were just there to serve them (Pilgrim 2). If you were not following these laws, there were sever consequences. People believed these punishments were necessary to “keep Blacks in their place”. One example is mass lynching. This punishment is when a mob of people would take a black person, accused of breaking a rule, and beat them, torture them, and kill them. The police didn’t just not stop these rampages, often they would participate. The Jim Crow laws can be seen in To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways. One of the laws was that a black person could not say that a white person was lying (Pilgrim). This is shown in the book when Tom is accused of calling Mayella a liar, by Mr. Gilmer (Lee 224).

To Kill A Mockingbird is an iconic novel written to discuss the issues of racial injustices during the 1960’s. The book is written from the view of an optimistic six year old girl, scout, her innocence to the real world makes her blind to the problem of racism. During this time it was common for blacks to lose in lawsuits against whites, one of the most well known cases is Plessy vs Ferguson.

During the Jim Crow Era being black was like a crime. They weren’t given rights like the white people. They couldn’t walk down the street without people giving them nasty names or throwing things at them. During the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was found guilty even though evidence stated he was innocent. Just because of his race, he was found guilty.

The KKK had a lot of power. People would join them one by one and the clan would get progesivly bigger. When the clan attacked blacks they would out numbered them by far. Even though they were ruthless the clan actually did things in an orderely fashion.

The KKK created a wave of terror they would kill African Americans threaten them, bully them, and set buildings on fire. The KKK relied heavily on intimidation so they were flourishing because they were very scary. Their main goal was to keep African Americans from voting. The KKK believed that any minority was less than human and below any caucasian person.

One way to show evidence of Jim Crow law separating black and white people is on page 179 it says “ The schools for white children and the schools for negro children shall be conducted separately”. I feel that this piece of evidence shows how Jim Crow laws were very racist back then to the colored people.

The KKK in other words left many African Americans fearing for their lives they abused them and limited their

The Jim crow Law, was a system set up mostly in the southern area of america from 1877-1960’s, its goal is to change the way colored people were allowed to live in america after gain their “freedom” from slavery. These so called law are were meant to continue the segregation against those of color so that they don’t start thinking highly of them selfs and don’t come to a place thinking that they own their own lives and it their to do with what they please. Fear is a powerful thing and when learned, it can do some serious harm both physically and emotionally. Many of these law would prevent colored people from doing thing we do now on a day to day…. heck, some of these we do more then once in a day. Things like giving a hand shake, showing affection, eating together and even siting next to someone in a bus or cab was set to be done in a certain way. All this was done just so that a race of people not the same color as you don’t think their equal to you. Even now it make me wonder how people can have so much hate in their heart to live like this and be ok or even happy about it. to give an even more broader look on how bad it was i’m gonna list many of the thing colored be people went’t allowed to do in america back then.

To conclude the novel, “to Kill A Mockingbird”. Despite being published decades ago, still portray various social injustices that occur in today's society. In the novel the black community is treated unfair, as if they are worthless and inhuman. This also happens in the u.s however, not only people of the black community are being target but people of other dark skin races are as wel. Some people cannot afford a lawyer and some aren't granted a fair trial and sometime will get no trial. This happens in the court scene involving tom robinson, even though he had evidence that proved his innocence he was still found guilty all because of his skin color. But the true injustice is the fact that there are laws that are supposed to prevent this unfair judgment in courts but

Due to the United States’ rich history of racism and discrimination, that history still lives on today in the twenty-first century. The reason racism occurs in the United States is because the fact that it is very much diverse in every crevice of every state and in every corner throughout the country. Even though racism is still happening, it is not as critical compared to how the different colored skins were treated back in the mid-1900s, especially for the African Americans. As said by Rosa Parks, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” Our children look up to us as role models, and whatever the actions might be, it means something significant to them and they eventually will follow our leads

Why was it that the white race feels superior to other races, such as Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans? The problem with people is that many don’t like to see other ethical culture succeed. What people don’t know is that if that ethical group does not succeed then they together can not succeed as a racial community. The end of slavery but the rise of Jim Crow laws brought the acts of inequality, separation, and the mistreatment of the colored.

“The Jim Crow era was one of struggle -- not only for the victims of violence, discrimination, and poverty, but by those who worked to challenge (or promote) segregation in the South” (“Jim Crow Stories”). It is important to know the history of this significant period where everyone was treated differently based on how they looked instead of their character. During the Jim Crow era, the lives of African Americans were severely restricted making it difficult for them to succeed in everyday life.

To Kill A Mockingbird took place in the 1930’s, a time that was enormously charged with racial tension. One example of this is the existence of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Even though the KKK was in a time of decline in the 1930’s, it had been very prominent in the 1920’s and had still not completely died out. The KKK had rallies and

Liberty and justice isn't attainable for all. In To Kill a Mockingbird racism and discrimination seems to be everywhere in the Maycomb County. This didnt just happen in a story it has happened in many cases over history. There are many cases in the story when racism overruled justice. One of the many occasions was the trial of the Scottsboro boys that was unfair and unobtrusively thoughtless. Racism is considered a disease in Maycomb county.

The Great Depression was a huge financial crisis back in the day. This novel took place during this time period. Harper Lee used events occurring in real life history in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Jim Crow laws, problems of racism, and mob mentality all tie together in this book.