Wednesday, February 8, 2017
The Scottsboro Case
The Scottsboro Case was the pay back of a huge friend on civil rights in the United States. On swear out 25, 1931 an incident that would shock the terra firma occurred. Nine African American males and six Caucasian males got into a fight. Two women that were on the get up accused the African American males of gang rape on with assault charges from the Caucasian men. totally golf-club African American men were brought to trial. The outcome would daze the field. Lawyer after attorney would bail on the nine accused. Not only would their lawyers quit, however their sentencing would be changed measure and time again. This trial would split the country in half and go on longer than whatsoever other trial in U.S. history.( Sorensen,6) The Scottsboro Case of 1931 had a major impact on company and on racial pen due to how they were handled and how the judicial governing body failed them.\nIn 1931, the siemensern states were inactive heavily segregated. Although African Ame ricans had their immunity and males had the right to vote by the fourteenth and 15th Amendments, the south was well known for blatantly ignoring these rights. After the Civil state of war the south did not contribute their defeat very well, and they for certain did not enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. Since they did not tally with the Constitution they created Jim rejoice Laws, the granddad clause, a literacy test, and a top tax to deter African American males from voting. All of these do it harder than it should digest been for African Americans. The Jim Crow Laws not only allowed public segregation, but supported and enforce it, this was also due to the Plessy vs. Ferguson Case, and this movement allowed the completely hypocritical byword separate but matesÂ. Plessy vs. Ferguson Case started after because of clear only cars  on trains. homer Plessy would lose this case and would have to pay the fine for school term in the white fragment of the train inste ad of the colored even though he was only one one-eighth African. The Separate Bu...
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