Date of Birth | 16-June-1920 | |
Place of Birth |
Dallas (United States of America, Texas, Area code 469, Area code 972, Area codes 214, 469, and 972) |
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Nationality | United States of America | |
Profession | Novelist, Journalist | |
John Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author, much of whose writing was about racial equality. 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 this experience in his 1961 book Black Like Me. |
Awards by John Howard Griffin |
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1962
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