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[–] 3 points 10 months ago

Black Like Me was eye opening for a lot of people. Even John Howard Griffin, who did blackface to understand the black southern experience, and already fought for civil rights, was surprised by how he was treated.

If I remember it right, at the beginning of his journey he had to beg and find help because he was refused service when trying to cash his travellers checks.

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