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050 00 $aE185.61.G83$bB66 1997
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100 1 $aBonazzi, Robert.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50042065
245 10 $aMan in the mirror :$bJohn Howard Griffin and the story of Black like me /$cRobert Bonazzi.
260 $aMaryknoll, N.Y. :$bOrbis Books,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axiv, 208 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aRare Book copy: "Second printing, February 1998."$5NNC
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-208).
520 $aIn 1959 a white writer darkened his skin and passed for a time as a "Negro" in the Deep South. John Howard Griffin was that writer, and his book Black Like Me swiftly became a national sensation.
520 8 $aFew readers know of the extraordinary journey that led to Griffin's risky "experiment" - the culmination of a lifetime of risk, struggle, and achievement. A native of Texas, Griffin was a medical student who became involved in the rescue of Jews in occupied France; a U.S. serviceman among tribal peoples in the South Pacific, where he suffered an injury that left him blinded for a decade; a convert to Catholicism; and, finally, a novelist and writer.
520 8 $aAll these experiences fed Griffin's drive to understand what it means to be human, and how human beings can justify treating their fellows - of whatever race or physical description - as "the intrinsic other.".
520 8 $aAfter describing this journey and analyzing the text of Black Like Me, Robert Bonazzi treats the dramatic aftermath of Griffin's experiment and life. Man in the Mirror provides a fascinating look at the roots of a book that galvanized America, and offers reflections on why, after all these years, this work retains its astonishing impact.
600 10 $aGriffin, John Howard,$d1920-1980.$tBlack like me.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006027484
600 10 $aGriffin, John Howard,$d1920-1980.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50031637
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zSouthern States$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xRace relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111476
651 0 $aTexas$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117250
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xReligious aspects.
852 00 $bglx$hE185.61.G83$iB66 1997
852 00 $bbar$hE185.61.G83$iB66 1997