Segregation is the exclusion of a certain racial, religious, or other categorized group from active participation in certain aspects of society. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee takes place at a time when segregation was customary in society; it affected how people represented certain ideas and how they viewed each other. In the American South at this time, there was a racial clash that separated people. Whites in particular had a less complicated lifestyle than blacks, as blacks were considered of lesser importance. The struggles endured by those fighting against segregation were overlooked by Maycomb's discriminatory residents, who grew up in a society where their unjust actions were accepted. Ingrained in their minds was an inequality that divided the races, which led to the inability to combine the races into an integrated society. Despite the idea that all men were created equal, African Americans were not treated as if they were and were excluded from some public facilities. Some housing divided by race included schools, theaters, taverns, restrooms, religious centers, etc. (Appiah and Gates). As described in To Kill A Mockingbird, “The colorful balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda” (Lee 204). This passage illustrates how differently people of color were treated from white people. They were not only excluded from public facilities, but they were also excluded from society. A court is an institution where inequalities must be leveled; however, segregation remained an element that spurred injustice within the courts. During this period, the ultimate crime was the rape of a white woman (Mo...... middle of paper...... of Maycomb and other towns, primarily across the South, races were only to use their exclusive facilities. A place where inequalities only added to the immense imbalance of superiority was a courtroom, where inequalities were supposed to diminish as white supremacy grew; developed, black people were not as socially accepted and were mistreated a multitude of injustices that would essentially spur change to create a more integrated society in the future Just as the novel explained how change was taking place, the. History itself at this time shows how assimilation was taking place, although today racial integration is taking place. There are still very significant cases of segregation, although not as much. violent than at that time, is still today a spark lit in the souls of certain people..