"30 Days A Black Man" by Bill Steigerwald reflects on the dangerous trailblazing work of a White reporter posing as a Black man in the segregated South
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Bill Steigerwald's startling book, 30 Days A Black Man, takes us back to 1948 in the Deep South.
Key Points:
- Bill Steigerwald's startling book, 30 Days A Black Man, takes us back to 1948 in the Deep South.
- – Ray Sprigle, 1948
30 Days A Black Man recounts the story of Ray Sprigle, a star reporter for the Post-Gazette – and he was White. - Sprigle made the audacious choice to disguise himself as a Black man for 30 days and traveled alongside John Wesley Dobbs, a Black civil rights pioneer from Atlanta.
- 30 Days A Black Man by Bill Steigerwald is available on Amazon.