John Griffin, a white man, undergoes treatments to darken his skin and travels through the South, experiencing racism and discrimination firsthand. He befriends a black shoeshine man, Burt Wilson, who teaches him how to navigate African American culture and the art of shoe shining. Despite his encounters with whites being often degrading, John also meets individuals who are kind and understanding, including a white woman who befriends him.
Black Like Me
A journalist's bold experiment sheds light on the harsh realities of racial segregation in the American South during the 1960s civil rights era.
