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?

3.

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.

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