When Americans were first starting to become more accepting towards social changes with African Americans, the south became reluctant. Whites in the south were use to traditional times, they weren’t too fond of these social changes with African Americans. In Blood Done Sign My Name southerners, especially whites, had negative thoughts in the Civil Rights Movement. They were new to these social changes, therefore didn’t agree in them. Blood Done Sign My Name was is a true story about the 1970 murder of Henry Marrow, a black veteran, and the impact of his death on the town of Oxford, North Carolina. Tim Tyson, the author of the book, talks about the racial and sexual tension surrounding his home town in 1970. Tyson’s purpose when writing this
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‘Most of the white people in Wilmington couldn’t cross the color line and get anything done’ he said. ‘The Uncle Toms couldn 't do it, because even if the white people heard what they had to say, the black community was not going to follow them. If peacemakers and community builders were going to emerge it would have to be people like us. It might not have helped much, but we had to try’”. Many whites were raised to maintain that separation between races. However, Tyson’s father didn’t view things that way. He was a Methodist minister that believed in equality for all humans. His support for the Civil Rights Movement caused him his job. He was driven out of his church because of his support towards the African …show more content…
Some of those events were the mention of Martin Luther King, which we all know is a public speaker fighting for the lives of African Americans. In our history class we’ve learned the amount of discrimination blacks had to go throug. We’ve also analyzed the time period and how that influenced the people. Reading this book has helped me better understand this time frame, specially in the south. I read through someone 's point of view that actually experienced the time frame instead of reading textbook
‘Most of the white people in Wilmington couldn’t cross the color line and get anything done’ he said. ‘The Uncle Toms couldn 't do it, because even if the white people heard what they had to say, the black community was not going to follow them. If peacemakers and community builders were going to emerge it would have to be people like us. It might not have helped much, but we had to try’”. Many whites were raised to maintain that separation between races. However, Tyson’s father didn’t view things that way. He was a Methodist minister that believed in equality for all humans. His support for the Civil Rights Movement caused him his job. He was driven out of his church because of his support towards the African …show more content…
Some of those events were the mention of Martin Luther King, which we all know is a public speaker fighting for the lives of African Americans. In our history class we’ve learned the amount of discrimination blacks had to go throug. We’ve also analyzed the time period and how that influenced the people. Reading this book has helped me better understand this time frame, specially in the south. I read through someone 's point of view that actually experienced the time frame instead of reading textbook