Incredible and Damning

I'd heard about this book over the years, but didn't really know what it was about, other than race. Boy, was I in for a surprise. As it turns out, audacious (white) journalist John Howard Griffin decided, in 1959, to "become" Black, and see how things were in that skin. From Texas, he was used to the southern way of life and had lived in various places, of course, as a white man. After taking larger-than-recommended doses of medication to treat vitiligo in an alarmingly short time, his skin began to take on more pigment. He augmented this with makeup, shaved his unsuitable hair, and off he went, for his six week sojourn as a new person. His experience was eye-opening and heart-wrenching. Has a lot changed since then? Perhaps in some ways, but not enough.