Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition

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Wings Press, Apr 1, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 256 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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Contents

Photographs by Don Rutledge
139
The Aftermath 1960
147
Epilogue 1976
163
Beyond Otherness 1979
191
Afterword 2006 by Robert Bonazzi
194
Notes
212
Acknowledgments
214
Index
215
2006 brochure from Lewis Clark College Special Collections celebrating the 45th anniversary of the publication of Black Like Me Exhibit curated b...
222
Critical Praise for Black Like Me
228
Second Inside Flap
233
Back Cover
234
Copyright

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About the author (2006)

John Howard Griffin was a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist, and a dynamic lecturer and teacher. Internationally respected as a human rights activist, Griffin worked with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dick Gregory during the Civil Rights era. Robert Bonazzi is the author of Griffin's biography, Man in the Mirror. As representative for the Griffin Estate, he has edited and introduced Griffin's work and written about him for numerous publications, including The New York Times. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Bibliographic information

TitleBlack Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition
AuthorJohn Howard Griffin
EditorRobert Bonazzi
Photographs byDon Rutledge
ContributorStuds Terkel
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherWings Press, 2006
ISBN1609401085, 9781609401085
Length256 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
  
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