To Kill a Mockingbird Background Research by https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev en-us 2016-10-28 17:42:22 UTC 2016-11-07 17:53:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Harper Lee 14020811 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/133969131 Harper Lee resided in Monroeville, Alabama. She was born on April 28, 1926 and passed away on February 19, 2016. She claims that, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was not an autobiography. However, the novel has many similarities to her own personal life. The events that occurred to her have an element of fiction to it but, reflect how she grew up. Harper's father was a lawyer in Alabama's state legislature, like Atticus. Harper Lee portrayed Scout to an extent. She was a tomboy when she was growing up and had a friend like Dill, Truman Compote. He would come visit her every summer just like Dill in the novel. Harper Lee wanted to voice her opinion on the civil rights movement in the 1960's when the novel was released. Throughout the book she communicates the message of equality and stopping discrimination, especially towards African Americans. This communicates that from a little girl she was influenced by those around her to have an attitude towards ending discrimination. It is not a simple manner of changing your perspective towards equality in a short time frame. It is strongly suggested that she gave Scout the same ideas and beliefs she had towards equality and fairness towards race. Scout aided in helping to voice her opinion towards what was going on in the southern part of the U.S. 
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]]> 2016-10-28 17:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/133969131 The Scottsboro Boys Trial 1400434 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134813069 In the book "To Kill A Mockingbird", Harper Lee based the trial of Tom Robinson on the true story of a trial called the Scottsboro Boy Trial. In Alabama in 1931, nine young black men were falsely accused of raping two white women on a freight train. The incident dealt with problems having to do with racism and fair right to trial. The trial was unjust as the defendants received poor legal representation, and was given a jury of only white men. All but 12 year old Roy Wright were sentenced to death for the crime, although there was no medical evidence to prove the offense. At that time in history, that was the common punishment for black men accused of raping white women.

(Alyssa Saskiw)]]> 2016-11-02 15:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134813069 The Outcome of the Trial 1400434 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134813834 Since The Scottsboro Boys were given an biased jury, they got retried in another court, with a new judge and a new jury, including one black man. All but 2 of the boys were still found guilty of the crime and got sentenced to prison for anywhere between 75 years-death. One of the boys got shot to death in prison, and 2 of them escaped.

(Alyssa Saskiw)]]> 2016-11-02 15:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134813834 The Role Alabama Played in the American Civil War 1403619 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134817295 When the Civil War started Alabama was on the side of the south and wanted to keep slavery in there state. The were against the Norths ideas of banning slavery. Alabama was a large source of troops and leaders as well as military material supplies and food.

(Nolan Raj)]]> 2016-11-02 15:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134817295 1400434 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134824067 2016-11-02 15:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/134824067 Life in the 1930s during the Great Depression 1403619 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135659597 In the 1930s was when great depression occurred. It was a huge economic crash that caused the GDP worldwide to fall an estimated 15 percent between 1929 and 1932. in the US at this time the price of crop fell an estimated 60 percent which cause many farmers financial hardship

(Nolan Raj)]]> 2016-11-07 01:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135659597 The Civil Rights Movement - The Jim Crow Laws 1404385 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135663469 On January 31, 1865, the thirteenth amendment was passed by congress and was ratified on December 6, 1865. The thirteenth amendment proclaimed that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States". This decision brought great joy to those fighting for the north and freed the slaves of the south. Even after 95 years, there is still prejudice against the blacks in most of the southern states. The southern states even passed laws that purposely discriminated and segregated black people. They were called Jim Crows laws and were enacted during 1877-1954. The laws created a racial caste system that effectively made two societies, one that was composed of black and one composed of whites. The laws forbid black people from being around white people in certain place like in a rail car, a waiting room, a theater, schools, and restaurants. Even worse they were completely outwrite denied access to beaches, swimming pools, parks, picnic areas and many hospitals. Overall, the Jim Crows laws were a terrible part of American history and caused pain for many people.
(Koby Jaroni)]]> 2016-11-07 02:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135663469 The Civil Rights movement - Protests 1404385 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135663895 The blacks became fed up with the injustices they had to face and started to rebel against the laws. One well known incident is in 1955 when Rosa Parks, an elderly woman, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man; which was a law in the southern states. This event pushed many black people and some concerned white people to speak out against these injustices and boycotted the Montgomery, Alabama buses which forced the company to desegregated them. These protesters continued to do things like hold sit-ins, do freedom rides, boycott, march, riot and even bomb areas. This forced people rethink how they were treating the black people and even change some of their rules. There is even a day named after Martin Luther King Jr, a famous protestor, to commemorate what he had achieved for his people. Sadly, even though there has been so much progress, black people are not always treated the same and are discriminated against to this day. 
(Koby Jaroni)]]> 2016-11-07 02:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135663895 The Attitude of Alabama in the 1930s 1403619 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135672874 Alabama was a part of the south during the civil war and believed in the purchasing of slaves as well that black people weren't as good as white people which lead to the people in that area of the US to have a negative attitude towards black people even though they weren't slaves anymore and were a person equal to them. Even though many years had past from thew civil war (65 years after it ended) the people still kept their same beliefs. The fact that blacks used to be slaves was a huge factor in the way black people were treated years later.

(Nolan Raj)]]> 2016-11-07 05:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135672874 The Crash 1403619 https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135674270 The crash or Black Tuesday occurred on October 29 1929 and was a massive stock market crash was a key factor in the start of the great depression. During the crash stocks fell huge amount and the unemployment rate rose a lot as well.

(Nolan Raj)]]> 2016-11-07 05:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/14020811/9qlvnfxcwmev/wish/135674270