“The author meets an African-American who observes that his fellows who begin with aspirations to a good education, solid career, and the raising of a family slowly lose that incentive. Even those who have a college education, he observes, need to take menial jobs and begin to look for excitement in less productive places.”
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John Howard Griffin was an influential American journalist and writer, best known for his 1961 work 'Black Like Me', which documented his experience of passing as a black man to expose the harsh realities of racial segregation. His work had a profound impact on racial equality and social justice. more
“Kindness is the best key to open the locked door of every heart.”
“Lucy was easy to trust. She was all heart.”
“Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none ---ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ACT 1, SCENE 2”