Black Like Me, 50 Years Later John Howard Griffin gave readers an unflinching view of the Jim Crow South. John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) is known internationally as the author of two novels, Nuni and The Devil Rides Outside, five books and monographs on racism in addition to Black Like Me, a biography of Thomas Merton, three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on Texas, a musicological study, and The John Howard Reader. How has his book held up? Black like me: the definitive Griffin estate edition, corrected from original manuscripts 2004, Wings Press in English - 1st Wings Press ed.