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Summary Of Blood Done Sign My Name By Timothy B Tyson

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In the book Blood Done Sign My Name Timothy B. Tyson explains a time period where people didn’t accept African-Americans as equal members to society. Tyson explains how inequality effected many African-Americans lives during this time. Tyson grew up in Oxford, North Carolina where he was the son of a Methodist Preacher who believed that everyone was equal. Tyson’s father faced many consequences for believing that everyone was equal, at one of his sermon’s he invited a very well know African American speaker, this raised a lot of questions about what Tim’s fathers beliefs were and if they were acceptable. Tim’s father was a very well respected man from African Americans and whites he made sure to show up to the funeral of Henry Marrow where he was one of the only white people. Tyson’s purpose for writing Blood Done Sign My Name was to inform people on what really happened with the murder of Henry Marrow. Tyson remembers the protest that followed the death of Marrow, where every African-American was outraged throughout the town. The reason that Henry Marrow was killed was because Robert Teel thought that Henry …show more content…

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