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The Black Codes PART 2
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Black codes
The black codes where a series of laws passed to restrict the rights of African Americans in the United States, they effectively gave white landowners the power to force people into indentured servitude.They instituted vagrancy laws which meant that any black person found unemployed would be forced to pay a fine which they being unemployed could not afford if they could not pay the fine they would be sent to forced labor camps, this meant that they could be rendered slaves by their employers -* -
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To Kill a Mockingbird & Black history
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TKAM Connections
I think Bob ewell would greatly support the black codes knowing how racist he is. This connects with the books because it shows how racist American (and most parts of the world) were. The general rules of the Black codes reminds me of how unfair the justice system was to African americans. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was meant to protect the voting rights of African American citizens it stated that
the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Unfortunately this law was
often circumvented by state governments by instituting literacy tests or poll taxes meant to stop the
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TKAM Connection 1
The 15th ammendments were a very important event for To kill a mockingbird because it was the biggest step forward for eqaulity between races. If the Finch family were born in time to witness the start of the 15th ammendments they would be proud of their country. -
Reconstruction ends 1877 Pt.1
The reconstruction was an attempt by the north to repair the south solving economic issues and protecting the rights of African Americans, unfortunately it was a blatant failure.Towards the 1876 election there was a period of mass violence by radical groups such as the KKK the white league and the Red shirts waged war forming illegal militias and assassinating republicans and Blacks, their goal was to force an election victory for the Democrats.Despite this a republican Rutherford Hayes won -* -
Reconstruction ends 1877 Pt.2
the 1876 election, but the radical southern Democrats agreed to stop their violence if the north withdrew its federal troops. *** THIS IS PART 2*** -
TKAM Connection
I feel as though the plays an important role in the book because if the reconstruction never ended African americans would not be allowed to live freely. Even though there was a lot of racism in the book there were still people (for example the Finch family) who openly supported the African americans and if the Reconstruction never happened that would not be the case. -
1896 Plessy vs Ferguson (Jim Crow laws)
In 1896 Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the white section of a bus.He then went to court where his lawyer argued that the separate car act violated the 13th and 14th amendments to the constitution, the course resulted in justice Hennery Brown stating that "A statute which implies merely a legal distinction between the white and colored races -- has no tendency to destroy the legal equality of the two races.The object of the Fourteenth Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute-* -
1896 Plessy vs Ferguson (Jim Crow laws) PART 2
-* equality of the two races before the law, but in the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either." This court decision would allow for the establishment of Jim Crow laws which required Blacks to use different facilities. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN FOR OUR DESCRIPTION SO THIS IS PART 2 -
1931 Scottsboro case
The Scottsboro case of 1931 is frequently referred to as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American history, It involved the wrongful conviction and execution of 8 black youths for the alleged rape of 2 white girls one of whom recanted her statement and declared that the other was lying to avoid decency laws. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary the defendants where all found guilty and 8 of them were executed. -
TKAM Connection
This event was very like Tom Robinsons court case because even though there was a vast amount of evidence proving Toms innocence he still gets punished and ends up dying.I feel almost as though the book To kill a mockingbird is based off this trial. -
TKAM Connections
This case reminds me alot of Tom robinsons case but in reverse. If a black man is accused of rape he gets thrown in jail without any evidence, but if a black man gets murdered by a white man he is safe. The murderer even bragged about how he got away with it. -
Emmet Till murder
In 1955 14 year old Emmet Till was beaten, mutilated and shot to death while visiting his family in Money Mississippi.He was killed by Roy Brant and his friends for allegedly hitting on his wife. In truth Emmet whistled not at her but as a tool for overcoming his speech impediment, regardless Roy later tracked him down and abducted Emmet at gun point he then beat him several times, shot him in the face tied his neck to a cotton gin and dumped him in the river. Despite large quantities -* -
Emmet Till murder PT 2
-*of evidence and witness testimony Brant and his friends where fully acquitted by an all-white jury after only a 67 minute deliberation, one juror is quoted as saying "If we hadn't stopped to drink pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."After the trial the defendants admitted to and bragged about the murder but where protected by double jeopardy. -
1972 The Tuskegee syphilis experiment
Running from 1932 to 1972 the Tuskegee syphilis experiment was a horrific use of human guinea pigs to see the effects of untreated syphilis. 600 black men where deceived into believing they were receiving free health care in actuality they were being used as lab animals. In 1940 when a cure for syphilis became available it was actively withheld from the study participants as a result of this 128 died during the study. -
TKAM Connections
Almost every single character from to kill a mocking bird would be disgusted by this experiment. This is far worse than anything that happened in the book. I feel like Atticus would try and stop this experiment. This relates to the book with its theme of showing how bias and unfair America used to be. -
First Black president
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th Party in 2008. He was elected with an approval rating of 68%, though his rating steadily decreased over the first 2 years of his term. After the death of Osama Bin Laden his approval rating shot back up reaching 52% at the time of his re-election. Over the course of his career he has ended American involvement in Iraq and is currently working on increased gun control and equal rights for lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgendered Americans and received a Nobel Prize. -
TKAM Connections
The moment where we got our first Black president would be a real shock to alot of residents of Maycomb county. The Finch family would be very happy but other than that many people would be upset because it would be hard for them to grasp the concept of a black president. To think how far we have gone in the last 80 years is crazy.
