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In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color 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. His audacious, still chillingly reContinue
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- English Books
- Audio Cassette
- Edition: Unabridged
- ISBN-10: 0974171107
- ISBN-13: 9780974171104
- Publisher: Audio Bookshelf
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2004
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, School & Library Binding and Others
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La Mike2002 
The author, who is white, has taken the appearence (by darkening his skin) of a black man during several months. He relates his painful experience of the everyday racism and brutality in the South of the United States.
This book was written in 1960-61 and was one of the first real "full immersion" ... (continue)
The author, who is white, has taken the appearence (by darkening his skin) of a black man during several months. He relates his painful experience of the everyday racism and brutality in the South of the United States.
This book was written in 1960-61 and was one of the first real "full immersion" experiences of this kind (cf. Tête de Turc by Günter Wallraff).
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