Blood done sign my name : a true story / Timothy B. Tyson.
The author returns to his hometown of Oxford, North Carolina, to make sense of the thirty-year-old murder of a black man by a Klansman, and the Klansman's subsequent acquittal by an all-white jury.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780609610589
- ISBN: 0609610589
- ISBN: 9781400083114
- ISBN: 1400083117
- Physical Description: vii, 355 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, ©2004.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-344).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Baptism -- Original Sins -- "Too Close Not to Touch" -- Miss Amy's Witness -- King Jesus and Dr. King -- The Death of Henry Marrow -- Drinkin' That Freedom Wine -- Our "Other South" -- The Cash Register at the Pool Hall -- Perry Mason in the Shoeshine Parlor -- We All Have Our Own Stories -- "Go Back to the Last Place Where You Knew Who You Were" -- Epilogue: Blood Done Sign My Name.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1240L Lexile
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- Subject:
- Tyson, Timothy B. > Childhood and youth.
African Americans > Crimes against > History > North Carolina > Oxford > 20th century.
Murder > North Carolina > Oxford > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > North Carolina > Oxford.
Riots > North Carolina > Oxford > History > 20th century.
White people > North Carolina > Oxford > Biography.
African Americans > North Carolina > Oxford > Biography.
North Caroliniana.
Oxford (N.C.) > Race relations.
Oxford (N.C.) > Biography. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Available copies
- 136 of 145 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 145 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | NC 975.653 TYS (Text) | 36015000967873 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 975.6 T (Text) | 39493105650305 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | NC 975.6 Tyson (Text) | 34269000819269 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | 975.6535 TYS (Text) | 40599001104119 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Allen Library | 975.6 T (Text) | 38198000354942 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | 975.6 Tys PBK (Text) | 33632002667229 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | 975.6535 TYS (Text) | 50503010942813 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | NC 975.6 T (Text) | 34208201319018 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Berea Library | 975.6 TYSON NC (Text) | 42756200951199 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | 975.6535 TYS (Text) | 30005100119232 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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