{"product_id":"black-like-me-hardcover","title":"Black Like Me - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Howard Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuds Terkel\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Bonazzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 28, 1959, John Howard Griffin underwent a transformation that changed many lives beyond his own--he made his skin black and traveled through the segregated Deep South. His odyssey of discovery was captured in journal entries, arguably the single most important documentation of 20th-century American racism ever written. More than 50 years later, this newly edited edition--which is based on the original manuscript and includes a new design and added afterword--gives fresh life to what is still considered a \"contemporary book.\" The story that earned respect from civil rights leaders and death threats from many others endures today as one of the great human--and humanitarian--documents of the era. In this new century, when terrorism is too often defined in terms of a single ethnic designation or religion, and the first black president of the United States is subject to hateful slurs, this record serves as a reminder that America has been blinded by fear and racial intolerance before. This is the story of a man who opened his eyes and helped an entire nation to do likewise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Howard Griffin was a musicologist who served, and was injured, in the Air Force during World War II. Blind for a decade, Griffin became an acclaimed novelist and essayist and when his sight returned, almost miraculously, he became a remarkable portrait photographer. Following his cross-racial exploration in the South, he was personally vilified, hanged in effigy in his hometown, threatened with death, and severely beaten by the Klu Klux Klan. Respected internationally as a human rights activist, he worked with major Civil Rights leaders throughout the era, taught at the University of Peace, and delivered more than a 1,200 lectures in America and abroad. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Rides Outside\u003c\/i\u003e and posthumous works such as \u003ci\u003ePrison of Culture: Beyond Black Like Me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Bonazzi\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a widely published writer and the author of \u003ci\u003eLiving the Borrowed Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaestro of Solitude: Poems and Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Scribbling Cure: Poems and Prose Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the literary executor for the estate of John Howard Griffin. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. \u003cstrong\u003eStuds Terkel was a cultural commentator, columnist, interviewer, and author of many books on American history and culture, including \u003ci\u003eTouch and Go: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Like Me\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180512231673,"sku":"9780916727680","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cHR5MGFVTTdEbm5pVnpySEk3czRpdz09.webp?v=1767740628","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/black-like-me-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}