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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin: Book Review

(Book Review--Reread)

Started: July 20, 2025

This is a reread.  I originally read it in high school.  But as this is my first time reviewing it on this blog, according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin: Book Review

[Note: This is another video where I got cut off by the 30 minute time limit on my camera.  There's a lot more that I could have said about this book, but I ran out of time.]

Links to stuff mentioned:

* My review of Mice and Men: https://youtu.be/w5oh8a5j5vM

* Wikipedia article for John Howard Griffin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Griffin

* Wikipedia article for Lynching of Mack Charles Parker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Mack_Charles_Parker

See also:

* Lynching of Mack Charles Parker--Interesting Random Facts

* p.77-78--Commonplace Book

Related playlists: 

* Books I read in 2025: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Fev7Uv6_tzuSf84LtYwQu&si=Im1rdozRXrgGnr99

* Book Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

* Rereads Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5dMXnK5v4Yc7a8MF5p32Bx&si=HJZkQ7gk8J-EXB9f

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