In October 1959, before the Civil Rights movement spread across the United States, John Howard Griffin underwent medical treatments to disguise himself as a black man. Black Like Me follows John Howard Griffin on his travels through the segregated Deep South of America, exchanging the privileged life of a white man for the disenfranchisement of the black man, and experiencing 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 his experience of racism in Black Like Me and opened the eyes of white America to the abuses going on in their country.
Black Like Me is required reading in schools and colleges in the United States, but this is its first British publication in decades. It serves to remind readers of the ever-present threats of racism and prejudice, and demonstrates the difference one man can make.
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 his experience of racism in Black Like Me and opened the eyes of white America to the abuses going on in their country.
Black Like Me is required reading in schools and colleges in the United States, but this is its first British publication in decades. It serves to remind readers of the ever-present threats of racism and prejudice, and demonstrates the difference one man can make.
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