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Theses: Harper Lee used the Tom Robinson character to prove the injustice of the Scottsboro Trail.

I: Intro

II: About Tom Robinson’s case

III: About the Scottsboro case
The Scottsboro Boys case was among the most important in the history. It was taken to the united states Supreme Court twice.

IV: About the Similarities
The two trials share similarities in their setting, characters, and outcomes.
The story of the Scottsboro boys is very similar to the case of Tom Robinson in the story To Kill a Mocking Bird. In The Scottsboro trials, nine boys were accused of assaulting two young girls. Six of those boys were accused of raping the two girls, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price.
Victoria was the one to point out the six boys who had raped her. Tom Robinson was also accused of rape a girl, Mayella Ewell. Just like in the case of Tom Robinson, this town is just a racist as Maycomb. Over a hundred men stood outside the jail hoping for a good “lynching�, compared to......

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