Imagine living in a world where the amount of rights one got was chosen and determined by their own skin color, and there was different schools, churches, and neighborhood depending on ones race. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee used different historical references and connections about the inequality between blacks and whites, and some of the struggles faced by both races. Included, are connections to the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and issues of racism during that era.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the first connections was the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws created inequality between the two races of whites and blacks. There were reasons why people thought the laws were needed. They thought that whites were superior to blacks …show more content…
A few examples of the laws were blacks not being able to go to the same schools, churches, libraries, or even prisons (Pilgrim). They also could not use the same buses, bathrooms, and restaurants (Pilgrim). If someone broke the laws there were different punishments and consequences. Some of them ranged from losing their jobs and homes, but others could lead to losing your life (Pilgrim). The Jim Crow picture was a representation of how the black people were looked at by the white people, and it represents how much different and separated the black community was from everyone else (V.) Furthermore, there were quite a few times where the Jim Crow laws were present in To Kill A Mockingbird. One of the first examples of the Jim Crow laws in the novel was where everyone sat during Tom Robinson’s trial. All of the blacks sat in the back, up in the balcony, while all of the whites sat in the front on the main floor (Lee 219). Everyone seemed to follow by these guidelines except for Scout and Jem. Being white, they did not have to follow by these guidelines, and their freedom would allow them to not face a punishment. Another example of the laws was at churches and