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Black like me

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921 Reviews
New American Library, 1976 - Biography & Autobiography - 188 pages
This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.

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Eye opening and educational. - Goodreads
Prose is weak but the book remains a classic. - Goodreads
Wonderful research and an overall good book - Goodreads
Amazing insight to the plight of the African American. - Goodreads
This book was an excellent book, its a page turner. - Goodreads
I have been remiss in writing a review on this book. - Goodreads

Review: Black Like Me

User Review  - Amber Veverka - Goodreads

I listened to this book on CD because I was trying to multitask while the book played. I was somewhat distracted and had to rewind quite a bit but I still managed to enjoy it. I liked the writing- it ... Read full review

Review: Black Like Me

User Review  - Antonio - Goodreads

A White man takes on the culture and experience of an African American in the 1950s by changing the color of his skin. Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
5
Section 2
7
Section 3
8

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About the author (1976)

John Howard Griffin is best known as the author of the classic "Black Like Me," first published in 1961, an account of his experiences traveling through the American deep South disguised as a black man. He was also an accomplished photographer and the author of several other books, including "A Hidden Wholeness: The Visual World of Thomas Merton "and" Scattered Shadows: A Memoir of Blindness and Vision,

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