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The blood done sign my name. I. Origins: Text. This traditional spiritual, even in modern times, has been transmitted aurally and can’t be said to have a definitive printing or form, but is traceable historically to the early 20th century.
Blood Done Sign My Name (2004) is a historical memoir written by Timothy B. Tyson. He explores the 1970 murder of Henry D. Marrow, a black man in Tyson's then hometown of Oxford, North Carolina.
- Timothy Tyson
- 2004
Blood Done Sign My Name (2004), by Timothy B. Tyson, is a nonfiction work of history centered on the racially motivated 1970 murder of Henry Marrow Jr. in Oxford, North Carolina.
Tim Tyson’s riveting narrative of that fiery summer brings gritty blues truth, soaring gospel vision, and down-home humor to a shocking episode of our history. Like To Kill a Mockingbird, Blood Done Sign My Name is a classic portrait of an unforgettable time and place.
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- Timothy B. Tyson
Blood Done Sign My Name is a historical memoir that delves into the author's personal experiences growing up during the Civil Rights Movement in the American South. It powerfully explores themes of racial injustice, equality, and the transformative power of love to overcome hatred.
NOTES: “De Blood Done Sign My Name,” or "Blood Done Sign My Name" is a well known African-American spiritual. This version was first published by Odum in 1909 and again by Odum and Johnson in the 1925 book, The Negro and His Songs.
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Oct 26, 2016 · Timothy Tyson’s book, Blood Done Sign My Name, is part history and part memoir, and it says over and over, in all the ways he can think to say it, that unless we come to terms with the truth of our past, we have no hope of racial reconciliation. This means that we have got to stop telling ourselves that story we first learned — the one we ...
