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John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 - September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author much of whose writing was about racial equality. A white man, he is best known for darkening his skin and journeying through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to experience segregation in the Deep South in 1959. He wrote about the experience in his 1961 book Black Like Me.

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  • John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 - September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author much of whose writing was about racial equality. A white man, he is best known for darkening his skin and journeying through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to experience segregation in the Deep South in 1959. He wrote about the experience in his 1961 book Black Like Me.
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  • 1920-06-16(xsd:date)
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  • Griffin, John Howard
  • John Howard Griffin
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  • 1980-09-09(xsd:date)
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  • 1980-09-09(xsd:date)
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  • Writer
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  • 1920-06-16(xsd:date)
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  • American race activist
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  • Black Like Me
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  • John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 - September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author much of whose writing was about racial equality. A white man, he is best known for darkening his skin and journeying through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to experience segregation in the Deep South in 1959. He wrote about the experience in his 1961 book Black Like Me.
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