Black Like Me

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Carl Lerner

Credits: Cast: James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne

Description: John Finley Horton (James Whitmore) is a white journalist who artificially darkens his skin to pass for a black man. He travels for several weeks in the Deep South in order to report from the other side of the color line. He encounters racism from both white and black people.

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