Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me
This comprehensive edition explores the life of John Howard Griffin as well as the issue of race as presented in his most famous work, Black Like Me, which details Griffin's experiment darkening his skin to pass as a black man during the Jim Crow era. This volume also presents modern perspectives on race in twenty-first-century America, with commentators asserting that while progress has been made, racism is still a significant issue.
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Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me
This comprehensive edition explores the life of John Howard Griffin as well as the issue of race as presented in his most famous work, Black Like Me, which details Griffin's experiment darkening his skin to pass as a black man during the Jim Crow era. This volume also presents modern perspectives on race in twenty-first-century America, with commentators asserting that while progress has been made, racism is still a significant issue.
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Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

by David Erik Nelson (Editor)
Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

by David Erik Nelson (Editor)

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This comprehensive edition explores the life of John Howard Griffin as well as the issue of race as presented in his most famous work, Black Like Me, which details Griffin's experiment darkening his skin to pass as a black man during the Jim Crow era. This volume also presents modern perspectives on race in twenty-first-century America, with commentators asserting that while progress has been made, racism is still a significant issue.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780737763744
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date: 02/06/2013
Series: Social Issues in Literature Series
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 15 - 17 Years

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