Black like me
(Book)

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New York : Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints, [2008?], 1961.
ISBN
9781439509678, 1439509670
Lexile measure
990L
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Carol Stream Public Library - Adult Nonfiction305.896073/GRIOn Shelf

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Published
New York : Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints, [2008?], 1961.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781439509678, 1439509670
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7, 11 Points
Lexile measure
990

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Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
Description
The Deep South of the late 1950's was another country: a land of lynchings, segregated lunch counters, whites-only restrooms, and a color line etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. White journalist John Howard Griffin, working for the black-owned magazine Sepia, decided to cross that line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. What happened to John Howard Griffin--from the outside and within himself--as he made his way through the segregated Deep South is recorded in this searing work of nonfiction. Educated and soft-spoken, John Howard Griffin changed only the color of his skin. It was enough to make him hated...enough to nearly get him killed. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity every American should read.
Target Audience
990L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7,11,730.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Griffin, J. H. (20081961). Black like me . Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. 20081961. Black Like Me. Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. Black Like Me Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints, 20081961.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me Signet ; [S. l.] : Distributed by Paw Prints, 20081961.

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