![]() ![]() Disheartened by America’s racial climate, Griffin wanted to see what life would be like as a Black man, so he concocted a daring experiment, where he would pose as one in order to understand the plight of “Negroes.” Griffin drastically darkened his skin and inconspicuously traveled throughout the rabidly racist South for nearly two months during the height of the civil rights era in 1959. ![]() When Griffin reached adulthood, he felt compelled to contribute toward ending racism, so he embarked on a journey. During his childhood, Griffin, who was Caucasian, was quickly schooled in the White supremacist ideologies of his surrounding community. John Howard Griffin (pictured) was born in 1920 in the “good ol’ boy” state of Texas. ![]()
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