Black Like Me Characters

John Howard Griffin, or at least the guy he describes himself as in Black Like Me, is either one of the bravest or stupidest guys we've ever heard of. We guess back then people didn't know how much...

This guy is the MVP of white nonracists. He's got a name, a back story, and even a family. Obviously Griffin thinks he's kind of a big deal, because almost no one else gets this kind of treatment....

This guy is memorable just for the pure crazy. When he enters the scene, we can imagine everything turning from black and white into trippy Technicolor… he's just that nutso. He temporarily turns...

This guy is the owner of Sepia magazine and is the one who approves this whole crazy experiment in the first place. Of course, he tells Griffin that it's dangerous, but he doesn't try to stop him f...

This is the lady who called it. Before everyone else, even when Griffin thought that everything was going to be okay. Adelle Jackson, the editorial director of Sepia magazine, only has one thing to...

Griffin's buddy… kind of. When Sterling Williams helps Griffin integrate into black society, we assumed that they would be together forever. He's a nice, chill, World War II veteran that Griffin...