Black Like Me
 

Black Like Me

by Robert Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin

In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard 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-that in this new millennium still has... (read more)

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Emily T
  • Rated 5 stars

A superb story! Truly an eye opening experience for me, myself to take a look at the ideas and notions I've held in the back of my mind.

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Katie H
  • Rated 2 stars

This book is interesting as far as the sociological experiment it documents goes... a white man makes himself appear to be black and travels around to see what it's like living as a black man in the 60's. He experiences racism and gets some real insight into the sort of harrassment, discrimination, and hatred people of color dealt with/deal with. However, Griffin assumes that because people perceive him as black, he knows "what it is" to be African American and makes a lot of presumptive...

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  • Rated 4.059375 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Sue Sunshine

    sue sunshine said:

    I read this book in the 1970s. It made quite an impact on me. I think of it often even now. I believe everyone of every color, nationality, culture, and religion should read it!

    posted Sunday, July 13 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Debi  B

    debi b said:

    I read this book over 15 years ago, but it's impact is still real.

    posted Thursday, November 29 2007
  • MaL

    mal said:

    I read this book as part of my required reading in 1980. I had my 17 yo read it last year because it is no longer required. I think you should remember where you come from so you know where you need to go. This is an excellent book and I enjoyed it very much.

    posted Monday, July 30 2007
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