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Resources to Download and Print
- Complete Reader Resources Packet (PDF), including: Calendar of 2006 Events; Information about the Author, Timothy Tyson; Information about the Book, Blood Done Sign My Name; Book Club Discussion Questions; Recommended Related Book Sets Available for Checkout to Area Book Clubs from NHCPL; Selected and Annotated Internet Resources; Sponsors of 2006 Program; and Evaluation Form for 2006 Program.
- Individual Components of the Reader Resources Packet:
- Calendar of 2006 Events (PDF)
- Information about the Author, Timothy Tyson (PDF)
- Information about the Book, Blood Done Sign My Name (PDF)
- Book Club Discussion Questions (PDF)
- Recommended Related Book Sets Available for Checkout to Area Book Clubs from NHCPL (PDF)
- Selected and Annotated Internet Resources (PDF)
- Sponsors of 2006 Program (PDF)
- Evaluation Form for 2006 Program (PDF)
Resources to Browse on the Web
Compiled and annotated by Rebecca Kemp, UNCW Randall Library.
Interviews with Timothy Tyson
Wisconsin Magazine of History interview, for the v. 88 no. 2 (winter 2004-2005) issue
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/tyson_interview.pdf
Timothy Tyson discusses issues ranging from his father's influence on his life and writings to African-American participation in WWII and Vietnam.
Article resulting from interview in Wisconsin Magazine of History (above), vol. 88 no. 2 (winter 2004-2005) pp. 52-53
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/winter_04_editorschoice.pdf
National Public Radio Morning Edition, November 10, 2004 segment on Blood Done Sign My Name, interview by Juan Williams http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4162533
Juan Williams discusses the setting and themes of the book with Timothy Tyson and other residents of Oxford , NC . This segment gives a brief outline and analysis of the book's events.
WUNC Radio The State of Things, May 24, 2004 interview by Melinda Penkava
http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/index.php?p=101
Melinda Penkava discusses with Timothy Tyson the social climate in Oxford , NC and the South at the time of the book, the central murder and its aftermath. Rev. Vernon Tyson joins his son for questions during this broadcast.
Interview transcript, UNC-TV's Black Issues Forum, 2004-2005 Broadcast Season, episode # 2006, interview by Natalie Bullock-Brown
http://www.unctv.org/bif/transcripts/2004/transcript2006.html
In addition to discussing the events and themes of Blood Done Sign My Name , Natalie Bullock-Brown and Timothy Tyson also discuss the importance of the Civil Rights movement and of African-American culture.
Press release for interview by D.G. Martin, encore episode of UNC-TV's BookWatch, season 8, Episode 807, Sunday, January 15, 2006, at 5:00 PM
http://www.unctv.org/pressroom/ncbookwatch/tysonencore.html
Articles and Other Resources
“Vernon Tyson's Ministry of Reconciliation,” by Patrick O'Neill, in Divinity (Online Edition), newsletter of the Duke Divinity School , v. 4, no. 1 (Fall 2004).
http://www.divinity.duke.edu/Publications/2004.09/features/tyson/02.htm
This article describes the efforts and philosophy of Timothy Tyson's father, Reverend Vernon Tyson, who tried to usher racial equality into his parish during the Civil Rights movement.
Carolina Summer Reading Program Site, summer 2005
http://www.unc.edu/srp/
The Carolina Summer Reading Program is UNC-Chapel Hill's effort to give first-year students a common text to discuss before the school year begins. In 2005, the book chosen for discussion was Blood Done Sign My Name . The Summer Reading Program site includes information about the author and the book, a bibliography of Timothy Tyson's works, a list of related readings, and discussion questions.
Reviews
Reviews on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609610589/
Reviews from the UNC-Chapel Hill Summer Reading Program Page
http://www.unc.edu/srp/reviews.html
Washington Post review by Jonathan Yardley, Sunday, May 23, 2004; Page BW02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42434-2004May20.html
BookPage review by Michelle Jones
http://www.bookpage.com/0406bp/nonfiction/blood.html
BookReporter, Barbara Bamberger Scott
http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews2/0609610589.asp
Other Works by Timothy Tyson
Radio Free Dixie, Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807849235/
Democracy Betrayed : The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy , edited by David S. Cecelski and Timothy B. Tyson. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1998.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807824518/
Bibliography on the Carolina Summer Reading Program Page
http://www.unc.edu/srp/bib.html
Timothy Tyson's webpage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Afro-American Studies
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/aas/tyson.html
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions used by the Carolina Summer Reading Program, summer 2005
http://www.unc.edu/srp/questions.html
Rocky Mount, North Carolina 's Braswell Memorial Library “One Book, One Community” celebration (2005-2006) featuring Blood Done Sign My Name
http://www.braswell-library.org/one%20book.htm
Related Books
Gene Cheek, The Color of Love: A Mother's Choice in the Jim Crow South. Guilford, CT: Lyon's Press, 2005.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592286267/
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