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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 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.
Essential reading . . . a social document of the first order, ("San
Francisco Chronicle") this history-making classic about crossing
the color line in the segregated South is a searing work of
nonfiction, a chillingly relevant eyewitness account of race and
humanity.
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