Reluctant Activist : The Spiritual Life and Art of John Howard Griffin /

Reluctant Activist is a deeply personal and spiritual biography of John Howard Griffin, the white author who darkened his skin and traveled the Deep South as an African American in 1959, then documented his harrowing journey in his explosive book Black Like Me-an expose that brought him both fame an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bonazzi, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Griffin, John Howard, > 1920-1980.
Civil rights workers.
Catholic converts.
Authors, American.
Convertis catholiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écrivains americains > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Catholic converts > United States > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory. John Howard Griffin
  • Strangers in the mirror
  • Text of the body
  • The journal
  • Part I. Acts of immersion
  • The great silence
  • Experience into fiction
  • Darkness and light
  • Part II. Black like me
  • Deep South journey
  • Aftermath
  • Exile in Mexico
  • Part III. Contradictions
  • Censorship and human rights
  • Reluctant activist
  • Transitions and trances
  • Part IV. Rediscovering solitude
  • Lightning strikes
  • Schools of humility
  • Against all odds
  • Final years
  • The Griffin legacy.

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