How does the case of the Scottsboro Boys connecet to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
The Scottsboro Trial of 1931 relates to “To Kill a Mockingbird” in many ways. Tom Robinson, an African American character in “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In the Scottsboro Trial, nine African American boys were accused of raping two hobo women on a freight train. It was common knowledge that these two women were prostitutes.
