Carey Tom Robinson's Trial V.S. The Scottsboro Trials

1. Similarites

1.1. Both were a case of poor white women accusing black men with rape charges

1.2. Both took place in the 1930's

1.3. Ruby Bates, one of the two white women who accused the black boys of rape, seemed very uncertain about her story and was obviously following Victoria Price's lead. This is similar to Mayella Ewell following her father's lead

1.4. Ruby Bates, one of the two white women who accused the black boys of rape, seemed very uncertain about her story and was obviously following Victoria Price's lead. This is similar to Mayella Ewell following her father's lead

2. Diferences

2.1. All the Scottsboro boys were healthy making it possible that they might have raped the two white women, unlike Tom Robinson

2.2. The two white women concerned in the Scottsboro trials were not covered in bruises and scars.

2.3. Tom Robinson was accused of rape in Mayella's home whereas the Scottsboro boys were accused of gang raping two girls on a train.