Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

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nonfiction classics history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Writer John Howard Griffin decided to perform an experiment fifty years ago. In order to learn firsthand how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another, he dyed his white skin dark, left his family, and traveled...

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Moods

informative 83%
reflective 74%
challenging 51%
emotional 43%
dark 33%
tense 33%
sad 30%
inspiring 22%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 11%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 23%
fast 17%

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3.95

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