Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

208 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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On 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 t...

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Moods

reflective 72%
informative 63%
challenging 45%
emotional 45%
inspiring 18%
sad 18%
tense 18%
dark 9%

Pace

medium 90%
slow 9%

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3.93

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