Historical facts

Scottsboro Boys

1930s - 9 African American teenagers accused in Alabama of raping 2 white women and were sentenced to death with rushed trial

Civil Rights Movement

1950-60s - A movement aiming to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation in the US. Leaders like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King…

American Civil War

1860s - A civil war between north and south, primarily over slavery and states right, resulted in the abolition of slavery.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

1950-60 - An American supremacist terrorist hate group whose targets were blacks, Asians, Jews, Muslims, gay men, ableism, and strong women. The 2nd being at the time of the novel’s setting, having 3-6 million members at its peak.

Jim Crow Laws

Late 1800 -1965s — State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in public facilities, denied the right to vote, job, and education, leading to civil rights movement. Even though slavery was abolished in 1865, racial injustice lived on in law

Emmett Till

1955 - An African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman.

The Great Depression

1930s - Severe worldwide economic depression after the Wall Street Stock Market Crash causing mass unemployment and poverty.

Slavery Abolition

1600-1800s - In the Southern United States where white peoples own and exploit African people as property for farming mainly.

Women in US in the 30s

1930s - Had gained right to vote but still faces discrimination in jobs. Very few political positions. During Great Depression, women were blamed for taking men’s job, showing gender inequality