Blood Done Sign My Name Essay
An important event in history that always peaks my interest, and one we have recently discussed in my History class, is the Civil Rights Movement. There are many things that lead up to it, and the consequences of this stand against racism. Throughout this time period, there have been multiple stories of blacks standing up in a peaceful manner, speaking of dreams, while white supremacy dominated the south. All these stories are true, but there is more to this movement than meets the eye. There’s blood, sadness, killing with no purpose, and a revenge and hatred like no other. In the story Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson, it involves all these things among others, about how the movement transferred from peaceful protests and speeches
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Most people looked down on him for treating everyone fairly, when in reality he was doing the right thing. The struggle of being a white liberal in that time period was that it was hard to fit in anywhere. Tim’s father couldn’t relate to his fellow southerners, who turned their back on him and eventually ran him out of town for his views. Also, no matter how much he supported the blacks and helped them with a lot of things, his skin remained pigmented. In the story, during the memorial march for Dickie, Tim mentions, “My father and Thad Stem found nothing to say and no place to go, and walked home from the courthouse in silence. ‘We’re going back to our own community and we ain’t going to let no white folks in,’ one speaker told the cheering crowd as Daddy and Thad strode pensively down Main Street.” Tim’s dad was always an outsider to the people that surrounded him. Some consequences that resulted in his moral views were that he was kicked out of town and was always on the verge of losing his job. He put everything on the line to prove a point to the people of Oxford that we need to accept black people into society, and treat them with the equality every human deserves. He was a highly respected man, but was looked down upon by his community. When Timothy goes back to Oxford to ask questions, everyone talks highly of his father, but these were the
Most people looked down on him for treating everyone fairly, when in reality he was doing the right thing. The struggle of being a white liberal in that time period was that it was hard to fit in anywhere. Tim’s father couldn’t relate to his fellow southerners, who turned their back on him and eventually ran him out of town for his views. Also, no matter how much he supported the blacks and helped them with a lot of things, his skin remained pigmented. In the story, during the memorial march for Dickie, Tim mentions, “My father and Thad Stem found nothing to say and no place to go, and walked home from the courthouse in silence. ‘We’re going back to our own community and we ain’t going to let no white folks in,’ one speaker told the cheering crowd as Daddy and Thad strode pensively down Main Street.” Tim’s dad was always an outsider to the people that surrounded him. Some consequences that resulted in his moral views were that he was kicked out of town and was always on the verge of losing his job. He put everything on the line to prove a point to the people of Oxford that we need to accept black people into society, and treat them with the equality every human deserves. He was a highly respected man, but was looked down upon by his community. When Timothy goes back to Oxford to ask questions, everyone talks highly of his father, but these were the