![]() At this point, Griffin discusses the project with his wife, and once she agrees, he meets with several local police officers before he goes. George, for his part, thinks Griffin’s plan is crazy, but he can’t deny that it’s a good idea, so he finances all of Griffin’s expenses in exchange for several articles about the experience. Having made this decision, he visits his friend George Levitan, the owner of Sepia magazine. To learn the “truth” about what it’s like to live in the South as an African American, then, Griffin decides to “become” a black man himself by darkening his skin. After reading a report about the high suicide rate of African Americans in the South, Griffin thinks about the fact that white people claim to have a “wonderfully harmonious relationship” with black people, despite all evidence to the contrary. It is 1959, and journalist John Howard Griffin is sitting in his office five miles from his home in Mansfield, Texas. ![]()
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