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Black Like Me Summary & Study Guide Description
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin was published in 1960 at the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. John Howard Griffin, a white man from Mansfield, Texas, decides to take a tour through the Southern United States as a black man. Griffin writes all of his experiences and thoughts down in his journal. He does not fail to detail every single experience that he has or any person that he meets. In order to keep many people safe, Griffin does not use names or let many people in on his plan. By becoming a black man, Griffin sees first hand what it is like to be a black person dealing with racism in the South.
The book begins with Griffin looking at statistics on the suicide rates of blacks in the South. The rates seemed to be rising. Griffin thinks that this is not suicide, but blacks...
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