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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
5.0

Put boringly, such a candid and powerful look at civil rights during the late '50s and early '60s. It amazes me how swiftly Griffin jumped into an alternate life (and perspective) as a black man, and also how he adapted and adopted the values of the then-segregated and too-frequently dehumanized (meaning, at all) blacks. His insights are potent, and I think they remain instructive and helpful today.