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Black Like Me
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4 out of 5
Based on 47,403 Ratings and 2,409 Reviews

Book Description


In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color 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. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium ... More
Book Information
PublisherNew American Library
BindingPaperback (35 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages208
ISBN-100451208641
ISBN-13978-0451208644
Publication Date05/06/2003
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About John Howard Griffin (Author) : John Howard Griffin is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Howard Griffin include Black Like Me (Unabridged).
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12/31/2010 Lin Di tagged as: I recommend, I read

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