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Summary Of Jim Crow Laws In To Kill A Mockingbird

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One of the first historical events in To Kill A Mockingbird relate to Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws were laws used to make Whites feel more superior than Blacks. The Jim Crow Laws were a “series of rigid anti-Black laws” (Pilgram). Throughout the time period of the Jim Crow Laws, Christians thought that Whites were the chosen people (Pilgram). Whites used Jim Crow Laws to team up on Blacks, and used them to affect African-Americans to make Whites feel better about their self. Two big parts of Jim Crow Laws located in To Kill A Mockingbird are the separated courtroom and the segregation of the church. During the trial in To Kill A Mockingbird which is located in a courtroom, the Whites get to sit in the front of the courtroom. On the other
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