Analysis Of Timothy B. Tyson's 'Blood Done Sign My Name'

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The perpetual struggle for racial equality in America has been documented in academic literature for centuries, stirring a vast array of emotion in readers while simultaneously aiding in the progression of acceptance and justice throughout society. One such piece of literature that gives comprehensive insight toward the racial violence among blacks in America is the widely acclaimed non-fiction novel by Timothy B. Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name. Through his recount of the murder of Henry Marrow, Tyson depicts a vivid illustration of his exposure to Southern racism that details white-supremacist influence and its symbolic impact on the entirety of the country, along with the world. Tyson’s monograph allows scholars to grasp a stronger comprehension
Repeated inference is put forth toward religion to point out how the issue of race encircled religion and those who used faith to justify the obviously immoral actions taking place against racial minorities. The title of the book, Blood Done Sign My Name, make direct reference to a slave spiritual song that dates back to the 19th Century, where Jim Crow laws consistently held down blacks. The spiritual holds reference to the blood of Jesus Christ and is referenced repeatedly in the monograph, perhaps comparing Henry Marrow’s murder in cold blood to the death of Jesus
Centuries of both figurative and literal binding held down countless individuals from reaching their full potential, and in turn held down the entirety of the mankind from progressing forward, Despite laws that emerged in hopes to create equality, years of “Separate but equal” lies perpetuated across from sea to shining sea. Other nations took notice to how America treated its citizens with concern, but yet the discrimination continued. Years of voices fighting for change fell on deaf ears. Typically, only in incidents such as Freedom Summer where white students who fought for equal rights died did the attention of the national public tune to the true horror and extremity white supremacists were taking to hold back change. (cite). Through reading Tyson’s book, one is able to further reach an understanding of the clash of rage, despair, anguish, and frustration felt by those fighting for equal

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