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THE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA’S SEGREGATED SOUTH
“One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question.”—Atlanta Journal & Constitution
In the Deep South of the 1950’s, a color line was etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Journalist John Howard Griffin 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. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity every American must read.
With an Epilogue by the author
and an Afterword by Robert Bonazzi
Publisher : Berkley; Anniversary edition (October 20, 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0451234219
ISBN-13 : 978-0451234216
Reading age : 13 – 17 years
Lexile measure : 990L
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.55 x 7.5 inches
Customers say
Customers find this book to be a fascinating page-turner that serves as an eye-opener about racial prejudice. The writing is well-crafted and easy to read, with one customer noting the author’s courageous and kind approach. Customers describe the book as powerful and in good condition. The reading level receives mixed reactions, with one customer suggesting it should be mandatory reading before 8th grade.
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