John Howard Griffin
Novelist, Author
1920 – 1980
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Who was John Howard Griffin?
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.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1920
Dallas - Parents
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Holland
(1953/06/02 - 1980/09/09)
- Elizabeth Holland
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Poitiers
- Died
- Sep 9, 1980
Fort Worth
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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