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TIL in 1959 a white man from Texas disguised himself as a black man and traveled for six weeks on greyhound buses. After publishing his experiences with racism he was forced to move to Mexico for several years due to death threats.
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It was made into a movie also. James Whitmore made for a very odd looking black man. I never knew the part about moving to Mexico.
Took a white guy for people to even listen and then even he was cast aside
Oy… That’s F*ed up!
Did he move to Mexico as a black or a white man?