One Community, One Book: 2007 Selection

Blood Done Sign My Name
by Timothy B. Tyson

About The Book

Blood Done Sign My Name, which won the Southern Book Award for Nonfiction and published by Random House in 2004, is the true story of 23-year-old Henry Marrow, who was murdered in 1970. In the wake of the killing, young African-Americans took to the streets. The author's father, the pastor of Oxford's all-white Methodist church, urged the town to come to terms with its bloody racial history.

In the end, however, the Tyson family was forced to move away. Tyson returns to Oxford 30 years later to make sense of what happened and how the events changed his life. As he weaves together childhood memories with the realities of present-day Oxford, he sheds new light on America's struggle for racial justice.

About The Author

Timothy B. Tyson, a North Carolina native, is a senior research scholar of documentary studies at the History Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; visiting professor of American Christianity and southern culture at Duke Divinity School; adjunct professor of history and adjunct professor of American studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

'An Evening of Words and Music'

Reading and discussion by author Tim Tyson with Mary D. Williams singing hymns featured in the book

Date

Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 26 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room C20 Pomerantz Center, UI campus

Individuals with Disabilities

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Community Discussion Forums

A list of discussion questions prepared for the community forums is now available.

The following community discussion forums are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Monday, Sept. 10
7:00 p.m.
University Club Monday Night Book Club
Contact: Julie Schweser

Monday, Sept. 10
7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Society Book Group
2nd floor library, Unitarian Universalist Church, Iowa City
Contact: Caryl Lyons

Wednesday, Sept. 19
7:30 p.m.
University Libraries
2nd floor study lounge
Contact: Kristi Bontrager

Thursday, Sept. 20
Noon
Coralville Public Library
E. Jean Schwab Auditorium
Contacts: Ellen Hampe or Georgia Heald

Thursday, Sept. 20
12:30 p.m.
University Club 3rd Thursday Book Group
UICCU Community Room, 825 Mormon Trek Blvd., Iowa City
Contact: Catherine Pietrzyk

Wednesday, Sept. 26
3:30 p.m.
West High School
Library
Contacts: Beth Belding or Denise Rehmke

Wednesday, Sept. 26
10:30 a.m.
The Center (Iowa City Senior Center)
Room 208, 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City
Contact: Julie Seal

Wednesday, Sept. 26
Noon
Iowa City Public Library
Meeting Room A
Contact: Jason Paulios

Wednesday, Sept. 26
3:30 p.m.
Oaknoll Retirement Residence
6th floor east lounge, 701 Oaknoll Drive, Iowa City
Contacts: Charity Rowley or Sam Becker

Thursday, Oct. 4
7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Coral Ridge Mall
Contact: Rachel Kerns

Tuesday, Oct. 16
6:30 p.m.
North Liberty Community Library
Contact: Jennie Garner

Tuesday, Oct. 23
7:00 a.m.
Iowa City AM Rotary Club
Masonic Temple, 310 E. College St., Iowa City
Contact: Pat Schnack

Wednesday, Oct. 24
6:30 p.m.
Solon Area Book Club
Solon Public Library
Contact: Jacque Deaton

Thursday, Oct. 25
Iowa Medical Classification Center
closed to the public

Tuesday, Nov. 6
3:30 p.m.
City High School
Library
Contact: Andrea Frederickson