John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.

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Student 1

John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.

Student 2

John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.

Student 3

John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.

Student 4

John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.

Student 5

John Howard Griffin was a white American writer from Texas who decided to find out what it was like to be discriminated against because of ones skin colour. 1959 he carried out an experiment. Griffin consulted a skin specialist on how to darken his skin and had his hair cut short and blackened. He went to the South. He did not say he was a white or a Negro. Immediately he found problems getting living quarters and a job despite his good education. Some Southern Negroes he met took him for a Northern Negro and gave him advice on how to get on in the South.