| Black Like Me Contributor(s): Griffin, John Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0451208641 ISBN-13: 9780451208644 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.32" W x 8.06" (0.38 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 730 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA'S SEGREGATED SOUTH "One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question."--Atlanta Journal & Constitution In the Deep South of the 1950's, a color line was etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross that line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. What happened to John Howard Griffin--from the outside and within himself--as he made his way through the segregated Deep South is recorded in this searing work of nonfiction. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity every American must read. |