![]() ![]() ![]() I first read Black Like Me late in 1961 as a freshman in college in Chapel Hill NC. I was born and raised in the very racially segregated rural US South, and I am white. Finally, it brings back memories of the KKK burning a cross in our yard 30 feet from our house in June of 1955 just before my 12th birthday to warn us to stop associating with our closest neighbors and friends who happened to be black. And memories of losing my signed copy from the original run of this beautiful book years later during a move. It brings back memories of this wonderful book.and memories of meeting and talking with John Howard Griffin. Memories of the growing up in the very racially segregated rural South with Jim Crow laws that would not allow my black friends/neighbors to go to the same school, use the same public restrooms, drink from the same public drinking fountains, and eat in the same restaurants as me. ![]()
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