Black Like Me - 3rd Edition by John Howard Griffin (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[<i>Black Like Me's</i>] moral power has not diminished with time. It still has things to teach us about the past and the present." --Don Graham, <i>Texas Monthly</i></p><br><br>"An important and classic work, well deserving of this new edition. . . . Essential [for] all public and academic libraries." --<i>Choice</i></p><br><br>"Some actions are so absolutely simple and right that they amount to genius. <i>Black Like Me</i> was an act of genius." --Cyril Connolly, <i>Sunday Times of London</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>John Howard Griffin</b></b> was a musicologist who served, and was injured, in the Air Force during World War II. Blind for a decade, Griffin became an acclaimed novelist and essayist and when his sight returned, almost miraculously, he became a remarkable portrait photographer. Following his cross-racial exploration in the South, he was personally vilified, hanged in effigy in his hometown, threatened with death, and severely beaten by the Klu Klux Klan. Respected internationally as a human rights activist, he worked with major Civil Rights leaders throughout the era, taught at the University of Peace, and delivered more than a 1,200 lectures in America and abroad. He is the author of <i>The Devil Rides Outside</i> and posthumous works such as <i>Prison of Culture: Beyond Black Like Me.</i> <strong>Robert Bonazzi</b></b><i> </i>is a widely published writer and the author of <i>Living the Borrowed Life</i>, <i>Maestro of Solitude: Poems and Poetics</i>, and <i>The Scribbling Cure: Poems and Prose Poems</i>. He is the literary executor for the estate of John Howard Griffin. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. <strong>Studs Terkel</b></b> was a cultural commentator, columnist, interviewer, and author of many books on American history and culture, including <i>Touch and Go: A Memoir</i> and <i>The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century</i>.
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