1) How does the CommonLit article, "Scottsboro Boys", provide real-life connections to the novel, "To Kill a
Mockingbird"?

The phrase, "the longest journey begins with a single step" means

In twelve years a slave, when the passengers on the ship learn robert has smallpox, what is their reaction? “panic-stricken” “indifferent” “relieved” “oppressed”

Read this excerpt from the declaration of independence