Black Like Me
November 25:
- Why
is the atmosphere different in
Montgomery? What are the “keynotes” of their
attitude?
November 27:
- What decision has JHG
made?
November 29:
- What is ironic about
JHG’s situation (what happened at the end of this
journal)?
December 1:
- Explain the anecdote
about the drunk white man.
- JHG
alludes to three different ways seemingly sympathetic white people reveal
their true feelings. Name two of
them.
- What happens on JHG’s bus trip to
Alabama?
December 7:
- List the three reasons
JHG has discovered are at the root of change in
Alabama.
February 26-March 17:
- What are some of the
reactions to JHG’s experiment?
June 19:
- What do many white
Southerns say they fear more than Negros?
Epilogue:
- Despite change in the
60’s, what is the one troubling thing that JHG saw in communities that asked for his assistance?
- What is the meaning of
“take 10”?
- What is fragmented
individualism?
- What was the negative
consequence of the emerging black identity?