Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: David (EDT) Nelson
• Assisted by: David Nelson (Editor), David Erik Nelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenhaven press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 15 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2012
• EAN: 9780737763744
• ISBN: 978-0-7377-6374-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Social Issues in Literature (P; Social Issues in Literature
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology