Black Like Me

On October 28, 1959, John Howard Griffin underwent a transformation that changed many lives beyond his own--he made his skin black and traveled through the segregated Deep South. His odyssey of discovery was captured in journal entries, arguably the single most important documentation of 20th-century American racism ever written. More than 50 years later, this newly edited edition--which is based on the original manuscript and includes a new design and added afterword--gives fresh life to what is still considered a "contemporary book." The story that earned respect from civil rights leaders and death threats from many others endures today as one of the great human--and humanitarian--documents of the era. In this new century, when terrorism is too often defined in terms of a single ethnic designation or religion, and the first black president of the United States is subject to hateful slurs, this record serves as a reminder that America has been blinded by fear and racial intolerance before. This is the story of a man who opened his eyes and helped an entire nation to do likewise.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wings Press (TX)
Published: 09/01/2011
ISBN: 9780916727680
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 730 / Black Like Me
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11