54 pages 1 hour read

Timothy B. Tyson

Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

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Essay Topics

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Why did Robert Teel and his sons kill Henry Marrow? Explore both the immediate circumstances and the incident’s deeper historical context.

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What does the Marrow murder and its aftermath reveal about the standard, sanitized history of the civil rights movement?

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Timothy B. Tyson describes white supremacy as so pervasive that “most people could no more ponder it than a fish might discuss the wetness of water” (17). Explain.