It's OK, but students should also be encouraged to read other more current works that deal with race relations as well Yes, and it is a work that is valuable for everyone, not just high school students What do you think of the current state of race relations?ĭo you think the book 'Black Like Me' still holds value for high school students today? Since its 1961 publication, the book has sold 10 million copies worldwide, has been translated into 14 languages and was the basis of a 1964 film starring James Whitmore. This year marks the 40th anniversary of his account of that journey in "Black Like Me," a startling, personal account of being "black" in the South. "Tonight they looked at me and did not see me," he wrote later in "Black Like Me," an account of a charade that made white America pause and consider its ways.įor six weeks, a dark-skinned Griffin traveled through the heart of the deep South - Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia - experiencing, first-hand, segregated lunch counters, "hate stares" from whites and the insult of being judged solely by skin color. The difference? The second time, Griffin was disguised as a black man. This year marks the 40th anniversary of John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me," a startling, personal account of a man who disguised himself as a black man in the South "They did not solicit me," Griffin wrote later. "Come in and see the girls."ĭays later, Griffin strolled down the same street, passed the same hawkers.
"Come in and see the girls," hawkers called to John Howard Griffin as he passed by. (CNN) - On a cool November 1959 night in New Orleans, Louisiana, a white journalist strolled down Canal Street, passing adult bars. Story remains bestseller, part of school curricula 'Black Like Me' celebrates 40th anniversary
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