TKAM Project
Made By: RJ McManamy Period 4
The crime that led to the Scottsboro Boys trial was said to have happened on March 25th, 1931 in Alabama.
What Happened?
In the Scottsboro Boys trial two white girls claimed to have been raped by nine black men. Soon after the boys were taken and waiting for a hanging but they were stopped by the governer. Later in January of 1932 the court had a 6 vs. 1 vote to give eight of the nine boys the death sentance bur one boy was thirteen so the didn't try him as an adult. That vote was later overturned and then the boys were proven innocent.
Scottsboro boys
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, the same thing happens to Tom Robinson that happened to these boys.
James Horton
This person fills the same role as judge Taylor in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Victoria and Ruby
These girls claimed to have been raped by black men just like Mayella did in To Kill A Mockingbird.
How is the Scottsboro Trial the same as the Tom Robinson Trial in To Kill A Mockingbird?
It is the same because in both trials black men were accused of raping white women, both were at first found guilty, both had people come to thier jail cell and be stopped by a well known man, and neither the single man or group of men commited the alleged crime against them.
Citations
Douglas, Linder. "Scottboro Boys." Scottboro Boys. N.p., 1999. Web. 24 May 2013.
Johnson, Claudia D. "Historical Context: The Scottsboro Trials." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, 1994. Web. 24 May 2013