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"I Was a Negro in the South for 30 Days" - Ray Sprigle - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · Undercover Reporting

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Ray Sprigle, a white reporter from Pittsburgh, goes undercover as a light-skinned black man in the deep south. Although the story was not reprinted in any white southern papers, Sprigle's undercover series sparked a national media debate about the Jim Crow laws and captured considerable attention north and south of the Mason-Dixon line. The Delta-Times in Greenville, MI, wrote a reply to the series, "The Other Side of Jim Crow."  The author of that piece, Hodding Carter III, then debated Sprigle on the issue of racial segregation on a national TV program. The next year, Sprigle published his findings in a book called "In the Land of Jim Crow," which did not sell well. The reporting was intended for these media types: Newspaper, Book, Television 1948-08-09  For four endless, crawling weeks I was a Negro in the Deep South. I ate, slept, traveled, lived Black. I lodged in Negro households. I ate in Negro restaurants. I slept in Negro hotels and lodging houses. I crept through the back and

"I Was a Negro in the South for 30 Days" - Ray Sprigle - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · Undercover Reporting Skip to main content "I Was a Negro in the South for 30 Days" - Ray Sprigle - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Description Ray Sprigle, a white reporter from Pittsburgh, goes undercover as a light-skinned black man in the deep south. Authors Bill Steigerwald Ray Sprigle Subjects disguised georgia jim crow lived as mississippi posed as racism the south undercover Effects and Outcomes Although the story was not reprinted in any white southern papers, Sprigle's undercover series sparked a national media

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