Blood Done Sign My Name Analysis

Written by Tim Tyson Blood Done Sign My Name tells the story of a murder of a young black man in 1970 and the race riots following in Tyson’s small hometown of Oxford NC. The book portrays race relations at the time as tense as the southern state of North Carolina didn’t accept desegregation leading to many riots. Tyson’s portrayal of racial tension during this time period comes from his own first hand knowledge as he witnessed events following Henry Marrow’s murder. As well as interviews he did on both blacks and whites who were involved in the crime, trial, and riots in the 1970’s and the information he found in case files. Due to this I believe that Tyson did accurately portray the racial tensions and environment during the late 1900’s. …show more content…
A speech that was very influential but also helped him earn the title as the “most dangerous Negro in America”. This speech played a part in Blood Done Sign My Name, and also helps show that Tyson did portray racial tension correctly. Dr. King said “I have a dream that my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” this quote agrees with Tyson’s portrayal and his fathers opinions that whites judged blacks plainly on their skin color and not on the type of person they were. Another quote from Dr. King’s speech “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools” also corresponds with this book as Blood Done Sign My Name has a similar quote as Tyson says the nation was “teetering on the brink of an apocalypse” (9). King’s quote agrees with Tysons portrayal of racial tension as unless they learned to live as brothers they would “perish together as fools” which is what Tyson called an “apocalypse”. Through Dr. Kings speech it can be seen that Tyson’s portray on the environment and racial tensions during this time period agree with King’s view and therefore are …show more content…
In Blood Done Sign My Name the KKK appears after the murder of Henry Marrow when they are guarding the house of the man who murdered Marrow, Robert Teel. Teel is thought to be associated with the KKK in some way which would agree with his racism and refusal to cut blacks hair at his barber shop saying once to a black man “We don’t cut ya’ll’s hair” (Tyson 45). During this time period in the 60’s and 70’s when integration started the KKK was very against it as can be seen in this county welcome sign (KKK County Welcome Sign. Digital image). The sign says “Help Fight Communism & Integration” and advertises support for the KKK. The public sign against integration shows that Tyson’s portrayal of how many whites were very against integration and serving blacks, as can be seen in Teel’s case, is true for this time period. There were many cities and counties that had similar public signs up during this time when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had made integration and desegregation mandatory. Signs like this one were in clear defiance of this act and correspond with Tyson’s portrayal that many whites treated blacks less than them and made racial tensions

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