Examples Of Justice In The Scottsboro Boys

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Well, in the book The Watsons go to Birmingham in 1963 they were in the middle of the civil rights movements, they were fighting to be treated equally. The main theme is stopping segregation here are three examples ,the Watson family couldn't go to the same school as whites, they couldn't use the same restrooms, they couldn't go to the same church in peace.

The theme of justice is evidently important to this novel as it is mentioned repeatedly throughout the text. The main reason why justice is mentioned frequently is that the victim of the murder, Mr.Ratchett, was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of a very young girl in America. This led many of the passengers to express their relief that he had received justice. For example, on page 136 Colonel Arbuthnot mentions that “that swine deserved what he got”, when speaking about the murder of Mr.Ratchett. However, he also mentions that he would’ve preferred to have seen him receive proper justice. A similar desire for justice is seen on page 231, where Princess Dragomiroff states that she believes that “...justice–strict justice–has been done”. A third example of justice being a central idea in the text is found on page 91, where Mr. MacQueen

The Scottsboro trials happened in the 1931 and dragged on for years. These cases were solely based on the prejudice surrounding blacks and gender. The cases presented in the Scottsboro Film represented the fight for justice. Nine boys were wrongfully arrested and imprisoned for years while society used these young black mens oppression to further its own agenda.These cases ruined the life of nine young men but they also helped make dramatic, vital changes in the criminal justice system and the constitution. The misfortune of the nine men tried and convicted during this time opened the eyes of so many blind to the injustice that african americans suffer from still to this day. The Scottsboro trials greatly defined the future of the criminal

Arc of Justice is a story of the hardships of segregation fueled by ignorance in the 1920’s. The beginning introduces the reader into the setting of Detroit reaching its industrial peak. It then chronicles Ossian Sweet, an African American physician. Him and his wife, Gladys, purchased a house in a white neighborhood in hopes of a better future and a successful family. Instead, they quickly received many threats and felt unsteady, the neighbors rejected all African American’s in their society. Raised in the South, Ossian Sweet had seen what prejudice can do to a society. Although he attempted to escape from it, he finds himself staring racism right in the face. For a book published 80 years after the fact, Kevin Boyle does a very impressive

The trials of the Scottsboro Boys, one of the most important judicial cases of the 1930’s arose when nine African-American young men rode the train in Scottsboro, Alabama in search for work. Instead of finding job opportunities, they found themselves faced with death sentences after being wrongly accused of raping two white teenage girls. The case lasted approximately six years due to campaigns that claimed it dealt with racism and began to demand their right to a fair trial. Fiela’s Child, published in 1985, takes place during the mid-nineteenth-century, rural Africa, during which the struggles for civil rights for African Americans continued. Fiela 's Child tells the gripping story of a black woman, Fiela Komoetie, and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds on her doorstep and raises him as one of her own. However, after nine years, census takers discover Benjamin and do not accept the idea of leaving a white child with an African American family. They compel him to live with a family of woodcutters, the Von Rooyens, who claim him as their son. Benjamin is follows an identity search and fundamental changes affecting the families who claim him. During this journey he undergoes a harsh transition from two distinct environments: the sunny, warm Wolwekraal to the dense and foggy forest, each of which is relevant to Benjamin’s emotional state: of happiness and tranquility or fear and confusion.

We saw prejudice and discrimination throughout the book. For example, when Lafayette’s was charged with a crime due to hi, been associated with who did it. When LaJoe lost her benefits from the state due to her on and off husband using her home address and when collecting unemployment benefits which LaJoe did not claim as income coming into the home. In both instances, the Rivers were treated as if they were liars and criminals. Because of Lafayette being from the inner city, there was this predetermine thought about any youth that lived in the inner city from the court system. LaJoe was treated with disrespect by the welfare office because of the prejudgment they had formed about people that lived in the inner city. Due to the location in which they stayed, the importance of healthy living condition was not a priority to the city. They were forced to live in the vicinity of garbage, broken sewer systems, dead animals, etc. Also, the children were forced to either stay in their apartments or play on the railroad tracks because the city had only a few areas for them to play. These areas had become run down and it was unsafe for kids to play in. It is unsure why the was such neglect for those areas of the inner city, but one could only think that it had to do with how this race has been treated for years.

Dred Scott was an African-American who traveled to the North with his owners and when they attempted to sue his owners for slavery for it was not allowed in the free state that they went to. The case gained so much momentum that it was brought to the Supreme Court to rule upon. The court ruled in 7-2 deinging Dred Scott 's request and ruling against congress saying it was unconstitutional. The court’s rationale is that a black man no matter in the north or south “could never be considered citizens of the United States or be protected by the United States Constitution” The decision impacted the sectional crisis by outraging both Republicans and Abolitionist movements that were gaining momentum in the North. The argument about allowing slavery into new states also started radicals like John Brown to try and start a slave rebellion when he committed to raiding Harpers Ferry. The debate of allowing or getting rid of Slavery has stopped being diplomatic and started to turn violent.

The route the children are designated to take, in addition, is specified in the writing to inspire in the audience fear. The segregated school for Black students is located within a mass of railroad tracks, warehouses, and red-light districts, all notably dangerous locations for children to be in. By specifically mentioning that Ellison had “forbidden words” added to his vocabulary, he implies that he had interacted with the many unsavory individuals in the area to the extent of learning immoral materials or skills (Ellison 4433). This emotional appeal enforces the idea that impressionable children are innocent and that their actions were forced upon them by the adults in control. It also appeals to the parental instinct to protect children and preserve their future. By being forced to maintain continuous exposure to dangerous environments and professions of ambiguous morality, the Black children are victims of tarnishing and possible injury by the White authority purposefully segregating the children to hazardous areas. The strategy in specifying the unfortunate circumstances the African American children are facing is for causing the White adults to appear as villains who impose professionals of socially denigrated on innocent children. In contrast, Ellison, despite not doing anything particularly virtuous, is designated the ‘hero’ to be cheered for along with all his associates and peers, who are also victims.

Justice. “the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness. [dictionary.com]” Justice is implyed when something in the right thing to do, whether or not the decision is in favoe of the reciever. Fairness. “the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness. [dictionary.com]” Fairness is implyed when In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the concepts of justice and fairness are two conflicting topics. They don’t seem like they are two concepts that would have conflicts, though in this story, they are clearly displayed as conflicting topics. One thing is the fair thing to do, but it is not just. Many characters are prime examples of this idea, like Tom Robinson’s

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman. Emmett was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi and went in a small store on a dare and asked the white lady in there out but no one really knows what happened. Carolyn (the white lady) said that he whistled at her. His friends may have dared him to ask her out. If he did whistle then the only reason that he did whistle was because he had polio at a young age and because of that he had to whistle before he said a hard word. Carolyn felt insualted by him whistling at her and told her husband.so then the husband and (Roy Bryant) and his step brother (J.W. Milem) kidnapped him, and beat him, and shot him in the head. Then they tied

All of the boys’ trials were suspiciously speedy and did not last more than a few days. There was only one lawyer for all nine of the boys. The lawyer was not trustworthy and he was seventy-one years old. Also, there was minimal or no proof that the boys had raped the girls and there, of course, was an all white jury. In the case Powell v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the convictions because the defendant had not received a legal counsel, the trial was not fair, and there were no blacks on jury. It claimed that this case violated the 6th and 14th amendments (6th being the right to counsel in trials and the 14th is prohibiting states from denying the rights of people without Due Process of Law). This was the same for Norris v. Alabama. The convictions ruling was that the state had excluded blacks from the jury, which is a violation of the 14th amendment. Besides all of these Due Process violations, one of the girls did admit that there was no harm that occurred, and no one was raped. Although, this did not matter or change the opinion of what should happen to the Scottsboro

The abolitionist and the Northerners challenged the spread of slavery by protesting or throwing riots against the idea of slavery. John Brown was an abolitionist who led 18 white and african americans on a riot on Harpers Ferry in Virginia. According to Chapter 12, “Brown and his men were quickly defeated by citizens and federal troops.” Brown was sentenced to death for murder and convicting of treasure. His death became the commotion point for abolitionists. The Dred Scott Decision was a point in which the country was being more divided because of slavery. Dred Scott was a slave, he went to a free country from there he went to the court to decide whether or not he was a free man. This specific case brought an immense amount of attention. According

the prisoners were lucky enough to escape the being lynched when they were moved into Scottsboro. In this trial, nine young, black boys were charged with the rape of two white girls while on a train. This case was a major source of controversy in the 1930’s. “Despite testimony by doctors who had examined the women that no rape had occurred, the all- white jury convicted the nine, and all but the youngest, who was 12 years old were sentenced to death” (“Scottsboro”). The boys’ lawyer, Samuel Leibowitz, did not even get assigned to the case until the first day of the trial. “If he could show a jury that these nine boys were innocent, as the record indicated, the jury would surely free them. To Leibowitz, that was simple!” (Chalmers 35). However, it was not that simple. Many white citizens would not change their minds about

The main point is how did an African American was not tried by his peers. There were no African American juror due to all of them being struck because of their race. So, Timothy Tyrone Foster, an African American was sentenced to death for murdering an elderly white woman by an all white juror.

Through the study this term of the central text, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and related texts, films Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce and In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan, my understanding of the concept of justice, or what constitutes justice, has altered considerably. We all think we know what justice is, or what it should be. In Australian colloquial terms, it is the principle of a “fair go” for everyone. In a perfect world, everyone is treated fairly. No-one is subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex or disability. But the reality is that the world we inhabit is far from perfect, human beings are by their very natures