How Did Tom Robinson Get His Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

Huey Newton once said, “ We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and Capitalism.” In Harper Lee's, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Tom Robinson was unjustly convicted of a crime he did not commit. There was plenty of evidence that showed his innocence, but the evidence was ignored because of racism, the time period and slavery. Racism in the southern portion of the United States was extremely prevalent during the 1930s. In the book, “ To Kill A Mockingbird” the main setting is in a rural town in Alabama called Maycomb County. In the book, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who tries his hardest to do what he thinks is right. He is far from what most people may think a lawyer is. He is honest, caring, fair and kind. He said,

He said this because he knew the struggles he would face trying to defend a black man with a jury that is completely white. He knew it would be difficult to convince an all white jury a black man was innocent in a case that involves sexual assault on a young white woman. Mayella is the young girl who lied that Tom raped her. Mayella tried to seduce Tom, but it went wrong.Tom did not even have sex with the girl. The only thing he was guilty of was being a nice to Mayella. He had no intentions of having a relationship with her. Mayella was raised in an abusive household. Her father was an alcoholic, who was emotionally and physically abusive. She also was poor and lived similarly to the black residents of the town. She did not have any friends and was a loner. When Atticus asked Tom why he spoke to Mayella, Tom responded “I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more the rest of 'em." (Lee 264). When another person saw Mayella talking to Tom, Mayella became scared and decided to lie that Tom raped her.The jury came into the court knowing they were going to be on the side of Mayella because Tom was black. Atticus made another speech about race and skin color during court. He