Blood Done Sign My Name

The author returns to his hometown of Oxford, North Carolina, to make sense of the thirty-year-old murder of a black man... (more)

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. (less)

Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African-American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a... (more)

Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African-American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a prominent white businessman and his grown sons in Oxford, North Carolina. Responding to the crime and the sham trial that followed, many young African-American men take to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. Marrow's cousin, Benjamin Chavis, decides that the best way to protest the government is a peaceful march on the state capitol. (less)