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Author Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980.

Title Prison of culture : beyond Black like me / John Howard Griffin ; edited by Robert Bonazzi ; with a preface by Studs Terkel.

Publication Info. San Antonio, Tex. : Wings Press, 2011.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction : beyond Black like me / by Robert Bonazzi -- 1. Essays on racism -- Privacy of conscience -- The intrinsic Other -- Profile of a racist -- On Killers of the dream -- Requiem for A martyr -- Racist sins of Christians -- Malcolm X -- American racism in the sixties -- From A time to be human -- 2. Essays on spirituality -- Poulenc behind the mask -- Fraternal dialogue -- The little brothers -- The terrain of physical pain -- Final reflections.
Summary The companion volume to the 50th-anniversary edition of Black Like Me, this book features John Howard Griffin's later writings on racism and spirituality. Conveying a progressive evolution in thinking, it further explores Griffin's ethical stand in the human rights struggle and nonviolent pursuit of equalitya view he shared with greats such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Thomas Merton. Enlightening and forthright, this record also focuses on Griffin's spiritual grounding in the Catholic monastic tradition, discussing the illuminating meditations on suffering and the author's own reflections on communication, justice, and dying.
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Subject United States -- Race relations.
United States.
Race relations.
Discrimination -- United States.
Discrimination.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Prejudices -- United States.
Prejudices.
Racism -- United States.
Racism.
Spirituality.
Spirituality.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Racism.
Added Author Bonazzi, Robert.
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
Other Form: Print version: Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. Prison of culture. 1st ed. San Antonio, Tex. : Wings Press, 2011 9780916727826
ISBN 9781609401498 (electronic book)
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9781609401481 (kindle ebook)
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