Black Like Me - John Howard Griffin

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Essential reading . . . a social document of the first order, (San Francisco Chronicle) this history-making classic about crossing the color line in the segregated South is a searing work of nonfiction, a chillingly relevant eyewitness account of race and humanity. nTHE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICAS SEGREGATED SOUTH nOne of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question.--Atlanta Journal & Constitution n n In the Deep South of the 1950s, a color line was etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross that line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. n n What happened to John Howard Griffin--from the outside and within himself--as he made his way through the segregated Deep South is recorded in this searing work of nonfiction. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity every American must read. n nWith an Epilogue by the author nand an Afterword by Robert Bonazzin

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