Book Report: BLACK LIKE ME October 28th - November 2nd, 1959 John Howard Griffin (JHG) is a specialist for the hard life of Negroes in the south of the USA in the 1950’s. His idea is to change the color of his skin for being able to experience the discrimination on his own. He visits George Levitan, one of his old friends and owner of the magazine SEPIA. After discussing the idea, Levitan pays for all …showed first 75 words of 2207 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2207 total…June 19th - August 17th JHG got 6000 letters until this date, and only nine of them are abusive. Justice Bok sends him a copy of his speech at Radcliffe. A hate group wants to castrate him, but they do not try to do it. Together with a black boy that he hired, JHG cleans the house of his parents for the next owner. He has a long conversation with this boy, which finishes the book.