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Popular As | John Howard Griffin |
Occupation | Memoirist |
Age | 103 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Born | June 16, 1920 (Texas) |
Birthday | June 16 |
Town/City | Texas |
Nationality | Texas |
John Howard Griffin’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
John Howard Griffin was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Texas-born author and journalist of racial justice-themed works. He is best remembered for Black Like Me, a 1960 memoir of his year of posing as an African American man in the American South.
After studying French at the University of Poitiers and medicine at the French Ecole de Medecine, he served in the Pacific theater of World War II as a member of the United States Army Air Corps.
His early literary works, published in the 1950s, include The Devil Rides Outside, Land of the High Sky, and Nuni.
He was raised in Dallas, Texas by John Griffin and pianist Lena Griffin. His marriage to Elizabeth Ann Holland produced four children and lasted from 1953 until his death in 1980.
Actor James Whitmore starred in the 1964 film version of Griffin's memoir, Black Like Me.