When we examine the various approaches to the civil rights movement discussed in Blood Done Sign My Name, we find that there is no clear answer as to which is more affective, because it is It was the combination of all three: radical, liberal, and conservative that ultimately drove some of what the civil rights movement fought for. No single approach has been able to accomplish anything, whether it be nonviolent marches and demonstrations that failed to attract the attention of the white power structure, or racially motivated violence that simply terrified whites, and that he would most likely do something. nothing if it wasn't also combined with non-violent demonstrations. Blood Done Sign My Name focuses on the killing of Henry Marrow, giving the image of the city of Oxford before and after the incident. You could say that the first approach taken, long before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s took hold, was a radical approach, with slave revolts occurring well before the emancipation of slaves. The atmosphere preceding and surrounding the murder of Henry Marrow is very harsh, with extremely high tensions due to a clear denial of the rights of African Americans. When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, there were most likely many people who thought the problem was now solved. However, it became clear to blacks in Oxford that although there were federal laws regarding their rights as citizens, there was really no way for the federal government to enforce those rules on smaller local governments. Tyson talks about how federal laws, while they had something to do with the civil rights movement, were certainly not all that. As Tyson pointed out...half of the document...only way for blacks in America to get the attention of whites and finally get enforcement of the laws that had been in place for a while. The violence, although it could have also done some damage to the movement, was in most cases what led whites to wake up and understand that blacks should not be mistreated and that something had to be done to change the racial system. in the United States. Works Cited Kennedy, John F. Address on Civil Rights. King, Martin Luther Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail. Powell, Adam Clayton. Speech on civil rights. Tyson, Timothy B. Blood done sign my name. New York: Three Rivers, 2004.X, Malcolm. The black revolution.