| John Howard Griffin Born: 16-Jul-1920
Birthplace: Dallas, TX
Died: 9-Sep-1980
Location of death: Fort Worth, TX
Cause of death: Diabetes complications
Remains: Buried, Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, TX
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Black Like Me Military service: French Defense Passive (1939); US Army Air Corps (WWII, Pacific, 1942-45) Taking anti-vitiligo drugs, enduring a tanning regimen, and shaving his head, the white John Howard Griffin spent six weeks passing as a black man in the deep South. His account of the experience was first published in Sepia magazine as "Journey Into Shame", and later collected into the book Black Like Me (1961). In response, residents in his hometown of Mansfield, Texas, hanged him in effigy.
Went blind after sustaining injuries in World War II; miraculously regained his sight in 1957. Father: Jack Walter Griffin
Mother: Lena Mae Young (concert pianist)
Brother: E. W. Griffin
Sister: (two)
Wife: Elizabeth Ann Holland (m. 7-Jun-1953, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Susan-Michele
Son: John Howard Griffin, Jr.
Son: Gregory Griffin
High School: Paschal High School, Fort Worth, TX
High School: Lycee Descartes, Tours, France (1938)
Theological: Certificat d'Etudes, Abbaye de Solesmes
American Society of Magazine Photographers
Fort Worth Foundation for Visually Handicapped Children
Royal Academy of Photographers (UK)
Texas Institute of Letters
Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
Converted to Catholicism 1952
Risk Factors: Blindness, Diabetes
Author of books:
The Devil Rides Outside (1952, novel)
Nuni (1956, novel)
Land of the High Sky (1959, history)
Black Like Me (1961)
The Church and the Black Man (1969)
A Time to be Human (1977)
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