Scottsboro+Trials

One of the themes of this book is social injustice (prejudice/racism). This theme is reflected in one of the plot elements in this novel involving the racially inflamed trial of a black man wrongfully accused of raping a white woman. A similar trial was held in the South during the 1930's. Go on a search and find out who the Scottsboro boys were. What they were accused of doing? What was the final verdict in the trial? How does this case parallel the Tom Robinson case? As discussed in class, this trial was going on and reported in the local news, when the author of //To Kill a Mockingbird// was a young girl in Alabama.

Please go to the following website and answer the questions listed below. You will see the section headings along the left side of the Scottsboro site. THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE TYPED, MLA FORMAT - proper heading, font, double spaced.

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