John Howard Griffin with Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Title
John Howard Griffin with Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Subject
John Howard Griffin holds a Fort Worth Star-Telegram that shows an effigy someone hung of him.
Description
Mansfield author John Howard Griffin, who wrote the book "Black Like Me," holds a Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper, which includes a photo of an effigy someone hung of him. Griffin spent most of his life studying racial equality. In "Black Like Me" he changed the pigmentation of his skin and traveled through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to explore the different levels of discrimination African Americans faced living in the deep south.
Source
Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
Publisher
[no text]
Date
1960-03-02
Files
Collection
Citation
“John Howard Griffin with Fort Worth Star-Telegram,” The Crisis at Mansfield, accessed March 29, 2024, https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/78.