GEO 11: Lessons for Today from Black Like Me

Fifty years ago this November John Howard Griffin’s Black Like Me stunned white America with a truth it did not want to see: a virulent, soul-killing racism against African people was rampant within this reputed “democracy.” This issue of GEO explores the legacy of Griffin's work and its significance today.

• Introduction: Lessons for Today from Black Like Me by Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, editor

• Encountering John Howard Griffin by Robert Bonazzi

• A Modern American Classic  by Robert Bonazzi

• Fifty Years with Black Like Me  by Dan Robertson

• Afterword, from the 50th Anniversary Edition of Black Like Me  by Robert Bonazzi (pdf)

• A Confused Southern Boy Becoming What he Oughtn’t  by Michael Johnson 

• Let's honor John Howard Griffin's Work by Actively Exploring and Acting on Unconscious Racism  by Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

• Video: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of "Black Like Me"