Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

by David Erik Nelson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737763744
• ISBN13: 9780737763744
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12