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 et

A white writer recounts his experiences in the American South following treatments that darkened his skin and shares his thoughts on the problems

Griffin turned himself into a black man to experience the sting of prejudice firsthand.

The author who was white disquises himself as African-American to establish a perspective and experience oppression in the American South at the

Publisher's description: Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: "This is a contemporary