内容简介
IntheDeepSouthofthe1950s,journalistJohnHowardGriffindecidedtocrossthecolorline.?Usingmedicationthatdarkenedhisskintodeepbrown,heexchangedhisprivilegedlifeasaSouthernwhitemanforthedisenfranchisedworldofanunemployedblackman.?Hisaudacious,stillchillinglyrelevanteyewitnesshistoryisaworkaboutraceandhumanity-thatinthisnewmillenniumstillhassomethingimportanttosaytoeveryAmerican.Hetrudgedsouthernstreetssearchingforaplacewherehecouldeatorrest,lookingvainlyforajobotherthanmeniallabor,feelingthe"hatestare."HewasJohnGriffin,awhitemanwhodarkenedthecolorofhisskinandcrossedthelineintoacountryofhate,fear,andhopelessness--thecountryoftheAmericanBlackman.
作者简介
JohnHowardGriffin(1920-1980)isknowninternationallyastheauthoroftwonovels,NuniandTheDevilRidesOutside,fivebooksandmonographsonracisminadditiontoBlackLikeMe,abiographyofThomasMerton,threecollectionsofphotography,avolumeofjournals,twohistoricalworksonTexas,amusicologicalstudy,andTheJohnHowardReader.BorninDallas,Texas,andeducatedinFrance,heservedintheU.S.AirForceintheSouthPacific,whereaninjuryhereceivedduringaJapanesebombardmenteventuallyresultedinthecompletelossofhissight.Inthe1950'sheconvertedtoCatholicism,married,andraisedafamily.In1957,(aftertenyearsofblindness)hemiraculouslyregainedhissight.