J. Anthony Lukas

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1933 – 1997

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Who was J. Anthony Lukas?

Jay Anthony Lukas, or J. Anthony Lucas, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, probably best known for his 1985 book Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families. Common Ground is a classic study of race relations and school busing in Boston, Massachusetts, as seen through the eyes of three families: one upper-middle-class white, one working-class white, and one African-American.

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Born
Apr 25, 1933
White Plains
Also known as
  • Jay Anthony Lukas
  • J. Anthony Lucas
Parents
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • White American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Free University of Berlin
Employment
  • The New York Times Company
  • The Baltimore Sun
Died
Jun 5, 1997

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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