y kids in one class, and very few books. Therefore, it is readily apparent that the Black children were treated in a harsh matter. [93] It all boils down to the fact that racism was the cornerstone of Southern life. Discrimination in the South was total and absolute in every aspect of life.
             The author, Johnson allows us to see that blacks and whites were also treated by different doctors and dentists. They had separate waiting rooms in all offices and bus and train stations. African-Americans were also not allowed to shop in the same clothing stores as whites simply because they couldn't buy the clothes they wanted anyway.[84-85] Johnson also tells us that African-American women only worked as maids, cooks, or nurses in the houses of whites. When dinner time came, the black maids were expected to eat in the kitchen or on the back porch.[84] Johnson also tells us how Negroes were also not allowed to attend any colleges or any type of higher learning in the South. Blacks were also not allowed to be jurors and the qualifications to vote discouraged blacks from even trying to vote. African-Americans also suffered humiliation. Negroes, no matter what their age, were to addressed by their first names, even by children. [86]
             During the 1930's the South was experiencing the Great Depression. The author, Johnson also tells us how millions of people had lost their jobs, houses, businesses, land, and everything else that made up their life. Because of this economic collapse, it resulted in a ferocious rivalry for the very few jobs that became available. That is when white and black started to clash. This all intensified, and it lead to the white people lynching black people just so they could get the job. [14-15]
             This racism is reflected in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The author, Lee, shows us how the children were racist towards blacks in the South. A boy named Cecil Jacobs announced that his father, Attic...