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Black Like Me

1961 book by John Howard Griffin
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12 properties
Instance of
written work
Author
John Howard Griffin[2]
Language of work or name
English[4]
Publication date
1961[6]
Country of origin
United States[5]
Derivative work
Black Like Me[13]
First line
For years the idea had haunted me, and that night it returned more insistently than ever.[11]
Has version, edition or translation
Black Like Me, Black Like Me[7][8]
Narrative location
Southern United States[9]
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[3]
Set in period
1959[12]
Title
Black Like Me[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 9
Freebase ID
/m/0308lm
Goodreads work ID
2444552
LibraryThing work ID
18555
OCLC number
36566361
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
48674264
Open Library ID
OL2810429W
Penguin Random House work ID
287482
Quora topic ID
Black-like-Me
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Book", "BlackLikeMe"]

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Author 1
John Howard Griffin
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
John Howard Griffin
Derivative work 1
Black Like Me
Language of work or name 1
English
Narrative location 1
Southern United States
Publisher 1
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Set in period 1
1959
← Based on 1
Black Like Me
← Described by source 1
racism
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Black Like Me is a written work[1].

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  1. 14w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has version, edition or translation → Black Like Me
    "Created claim: Has version, edition or translation: Black Like Me"
  2. 20w ago · DavidMCEddy · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Publication date → 1961
    Country of origin → United States
    Publisher → Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: First line: For years the idea had haunted me, and that night it returned more insistently than ever."
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