John Howard Griffin
1920
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1980
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Poitiers, R. L. Paschal High School, Lycée Descartes
occupation: journalist, novelist, autobiographer, writer, human rights activist
award received: Pacem in Terris Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South in order to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line first-hand. He first published a series of articles on his experience in Sepia magazine, which had underwritten the project, then later published an expanded account in book form, under the title Black Like Me (1961). This was later adapted into a 1964 film of the same name. A 50th anniversary edition of the book was published in 2011 by Wings Press. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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