Timothy Tyson

reading southern literature, and his own family heritage. Father Tyson made a point to take his sons to a Ku Klux Klan revival ceremony, and not because he wished for them to participate. Tyson believed that watching the ceremony, with people who seemed ordinary in their everyday lives, burning a cross, would teach his sons what hate looked like. Preacher Tyson was a highly respected preacher in the community that the Tyson family lived in. However, once he invited Mr. Proctor, an African American preacher to their church one Sunday, an outbreak of rage arose. The Tyson family received threatening calls at dinner and a meeting was called; at this meeting something remarkable happened. A woman at the church named Ms. Amy told a story of an African American saving a young white boy, and his father questioning why the man touched his son’s mouth afterwards, versus thanking him. The story Ms. Amy told changed the perspective of almost the entire church that night. Needless to say, the board voted 25 to 14 to stand with Vernon and welcome Dr. Proctor. “I don’t know what you are doing, but you must be serving liquor up there at the church…

The memoir by Timothy B. Tyson; Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story, portrays an event that impacted ten year old Timothy Tyson in Oxford, North Carolina. During the 1970’s the Civil Rights Movement was in action and along with it came a lot of disagreements with civilians to an extent that a common vigilante group was created; The Ku Klux Klan. Although the Ku Klux Klan became nationwide, it was widely accepted more in North Carolina deterring the African American race in the memoir. In the…

In order to comprehend how such a heinous and senseless crime went unpunishable, Timothy B. Tyson, the author of Blood Done Sign My Name, sought knowledge on the murder of Henry Marrow. Through extensive research, Tyson is able to illustrate and grasp the impact of white supremacy on the death of Henry Marrow and as a society, all of humankind must reflect upon their past transgressions to avoid racial injustice in the future. From an early age, Tyson understood that Robert Teel and the other…

Mike Tyson is a former American professional boxer, holding the record of being the youngest heavyweight boxer in United States history (“Mike Tyson”). Yet while Tyson won his fights in the ring, he lost his fight in court. In 1991, Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington. Tyson had a rough life growing up, so when it came to putting him on trial his chances of being found not guilty did not look so good. (Godden). Even though Tyson was an outstanding boxer, his career ended when he was…

going through. The boxers little brother is very symbolic to the voice of normal reasoning and illustrates what any logical human being would do in this type of situation. After the boxer gives the mugger money, the little brother asks in confusion on why he didn't use his boxing capability to fight him. He saw this kid as someone who needed help, unlike the majority of the population who would suggest a good punch in the mouth would’ve been a better idea. One of the most important lessons from…

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Boxing has had an incredible year, in the wake of what seemed to be unassailable promotional hype in which Floyd Mayweather finished Conor McGregor in a unexpectedly fun fight we were given what was billed as “The Real Fight” Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 knockouts) vs. Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and the match lived up to every expectation, the fight delivered a controversial draw which should lead to a rematch. Life as a boxing fan, at this time, is good. A sellout crowd of 23,358 packed…

Mike Tyson is well known throughout the United States as a professional boxer and according to the large majority’s opinion, an excellent boxer at that. However, in one iconic fight of his career, Tyson performed an action that was scrutinized and perceived as unacceptable by the public. Thus, Tyson came forward and spoke in a situation that could be interpreted as apologia rhetoric. Apologia is any form of rhetoric in which the rhetor attempts to repair their image. Although apologia sounds…

My career and legacy are very important to me.” Stated in his biography he is the best. Former boxer Manny Pacquiao said “Only in death will relinquish my belts.” The industry after mike Tyson went to a less weight division. Those superstars now are nowhere near heavyweight. Boxing now is more about the fame and money, not the love for the sport, and that’s what Mike Tyson showed. Mike Tyson said “he’s very delusional” referring to Mayweather because Mayweather claimed to be better than Muhammad…

Have you heard of the amazing Usain Bolt? Well, in the past few years, he has won a couple of gold medals while also setting some records at the same time. Why is this you ask? Well, some may say he is just a dominant runner, but others say that he has an advantage over the other runners because he is 6 foot 5, which is very tall. Read more to see both sides of the claim. So why would being taller have an advantage over running you ask? Well according to quora.com, they say that usually the…