Notes on Blood Done Sign My Name

Notes on Blood Done Sign My Name
Notes on Blood Done Sign My Name:

Chapter 1:
•       Gerald tell told him that his father and brother shot a black man named Henry Marrow, also known as Dickie
o   Because he said something to a lady named Judy
•       Lived in oxford North Carolina
•       Saying the nigger word in his house was unspoken forbidden since his father was a Methodist minister
•       Mrs. Roseanna Allen was a black women that worked for them
•       He was ten and brother, Ven, was 12
o   Little sister boo
•       After dinner he and his sister went to the tell yard and saw men in white jackets and hats
o   He himself had never been in the house
o   Father scared him
•       Went home and went to bed
•       That night blacks in the town ghetto were enraged
o   Rioted white establishments, cars and homes that night
o   Violence
o   Police showed up then left
§   Some certified mayor for not enforcing troops
•       Mayor said it was little he could do with the troops
•       Him and boo walked passed Teel house
o   Looked empty
o   Didn’t ee the bullet shot from a car
o   Didn’t see the note taped to the window
o   Did not see Gerald, who he would not see for 12 years
•       Was going to study achieves and black veterans for 20 years to understand segregation in Oxford
Chapter 2:
•       Tobacco was a huge industry in oxford
•       Sumer of 1966
•       Many young people could buy cigarettes
•       Color line in Oxford was very clear
•       Parents loved south but hated racism
•       Father tried to talk about race with congregation
o   They didn’t like it
o   He allowed blacks in the community kids center
§   They were hippies—did drugs and such
•       White kids would go to black side and night and bother them—some killings occurred
•       1964 CRA—didn’t really do anything for Oxford
o   Shut down all parks etc
•       Mother was very intelligent, school teacher, did what she wanted regarding segregation did not follow...