Examples Of Jim Crow Laws In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The Jim Crow laws were one of the many historical events that occurred in To Kill A Mockingbird. The Jim Crow laws were a series of laws that were against African Americans between 1877 and the mid-1960’s (Pilgrim). The Whites thought that these laws were necessary because the Blacks are only used to be servants; God had supported this racial segregation (Pilgrim). Another reason for why they enforced these laws was because the Whites wanted to be better than the Blacks (Pilgrim).The Jim Crow laws can be found by one in To Kill A Mockingbird. The Whites and Blacks have separate churches because of the Jim Crow laws. In the book Calpurnia brings the kids to her church, which happens to be a Blacks only church (Lee, 134). The Jim Crow laws state that Blacks and Whites must not sit together at any events (Pilgrim). The book had stated that there was segregation in the courtroom. The Blacks sat in the …show more content…
Mob mentality is the actions humans will do or say that are usually influenced by others (Routledge). According to Routledge, mob mentality is a form of peer pressure because people are forced into doing something that they would not usually do. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird one can find many examples of mob mentality. One example of mob mentality in the book was when the jury said that Tom Robinson was guilty for hurting Mayella even though they knew he was not guilty (Lee, 211). The jury had only made Tom guilty because he is an African American man. Another example that showed up in To Kill A Mockingbird was when the mob came to the jail (Lee, 172). The mob had come to the jail to try to hurt Tom Robinson because he is an African American man. Scout and Atticus tried to stop the mob by talking to Mr. Cunningham about something important in his life, his family (Lee, 174). In addition to mob mentality another event that had occurred in To Kill A Mockingbird was the Scottsboro