CONFERENCES & PROJECTS
One Community, One Book
2007 SELECTION
Blood Done Sign My Name
by Timothy B. Tyson
'An Evening of Words and Music'
Reading and discussion by author Tim Tyson
with Mary D. Williams singing hymns featured in the book
Friday, Oct. 26 • 7:00 p.m.
Room C20 Pomerantz Center
University of Iowa campus
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.
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.
A list of discussion questions prepared for the community forums is now available.
NOTE: 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 |
Sponsors include: UICHR, UI Charter Committee on Human Rights; the UI Departments of English and History; the UI Lecture Committee, the UI Alumni Association; Hancher Auditorium; International Programs; the International Writing Program; University Book Store; UI Libraries; Iowa City Human Rights Commission; the Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty public libraries; Hills Bank & Trust Company; Iowa Book LLC; Iowa State Bank and Trust; and Prairie Lights Books. Iowa City High School and West High School are also participating.
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