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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.
5 wrz 2024 · John Howard Griffin (born June 16, 1920, Dallas, Texas, U.S.—died September 9, 1980, Fort Worth) was a white American author who temporarily altered the pigment of his skin in order to experience firsthand the life of a black man in the South.
John Howard Griffin (ur. 16 czerwca 1920 w Dallas w Teksasie, zm. 9 września 1980 w Fort Worth) – amerykański pisarz, fotograf, reporter i działacz na rzecz zniesienia segregacji rasowej.
4 cze 2015 · An extraordinary man, John Howard Griffin packed a lot of living into a relatively short life. Born on June 16, 1920, John Howard Griffin was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, at a time when even his well-meaning, Christian family (who were otherwise kind, if paternalistic) considered black people to be inferior.
1 sty 1995 · John Howard Griffin, writer, the second son of four children of John Walter and Lena May (Young) Griffin, was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 16, 1920. His mother was a classically trained pianist who taught for thirty years in the Fort Worth area, and his father was a fine Irish tenor and a radio personality as a younger man.
John Howard Griffin – amerykański pisarz, fotograf, reporter i działacz na rzecz zniesienia segregacji rasowej.
ARTS & CULTURE. Black Like Me, 50 Years Later. John Howard Griffin gave readers an unflinching view of the Jim Crow South. How has his book held up? Bruce Watson. October 2011. John Howard...
