Black like me / John Howard Griffin ; foreword by Studs Terkel.

By:

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Contributor(s):

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780285638570 (pbk.)
0285638572 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

975.00496073 22

Contents:

Preface, 1961 -- Deep South Journey, 1959 -- Photographs by Don Rutledge -- The Aftermath, 1960 -- Epilogue, 1976 -- Beyond Otherness, 1979 -- Afterword, 2009 / by Robert Bonazzi.

Summary: In October 1959, before the Civil Rights movement would spread across the United States, John Howard Griffin underwent medical treatments to disguise himself as a black man. He then travelled through the segregated Deep South of America, exchanging the privileged life of a while man for the disenfranchisement of the black man, and experienced the racism that was endured by millions on a daily basis. From the threat of violence to the simple indignities of being unable to use a drinking fountain or buy food from a particular shop Griffin documented the experience of racism and opened the eyes of white America to the abuses going on in their country.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non Fiction	Dee Why Library	975.00496 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R87078XSLGS

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface, 1961 -- Deep South Journey, 1959 -- Photographs by Don Rutledge -- The Aftermath, 1960 -- Epilogue, 1976 -- Beyond Otherness, 1979 -- Afterword, 2009 / by Robert Bonazzi.

In October 1959, before the Civil Rights movement would spread across the United States, John Howard Griffin underwent medical treatments to disguise himself as a black man. He then travelled through the segregated Deep South of America, exchanging the privileged life of a while man for the disenfranchisement of the black man, and experienced the racism that was endured by millions on a daily basis. From the threat of violence to the simple indignities of being unable to use a drinking fountain or buy food from a particular shop Griffin documented the experience of racism and opened the eyes of white America to the abuses going on in their country.

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