Black Like Me
Book description
New edition with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo
'A brutal record of segregated America ... essential reading' Guardian
'An anti-racist classic' Bernardine Evaristo
In the autumn of 1959, a white Texan journalist named John Howard Griffin travelled across the Deep South of the United States disguised as a working-class black…
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1 author picked Black Like Me as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Griffin’s account of his journey through the Deep South as a white man disguised to look Black, originally published in 1960, has stood the test of time because it reveals Griffin’s keen insight into a society riddled with racism. Griffin’s humanity shines through in his descriptions of his encounters with people of all races. He encounters ignorance, cruelty, and threats, but also kindness. His perspective from both sides of the color line reveals the desperate need for the change that would soon come during the Civil Rights movement.
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