A Foot in Each World is a collection of Leanita McClain's journalism compiled by her husband Clarence Page. The topics are race, politics, crime and punishment, home and family, and schools; the unifying theme is America's two societies--Black and white, separate and unequal.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Leanita McClain
EAN: 9780810107410
COUNTRY: United States
PAGES: 181
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT: 229 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Northwestern University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 1986-11-01
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General
WIDTH: 152 mm
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Literary studies: general
LEANITA McCLAIN (1951-1984) was an American journalist and commentator, best known for her observations of race and politics in Chicago and the U.S. in the early 1980s. Her writings in the Chicago Tribune and in opinion pieces published in Newsweek gave broad exposure to her thoughts on race and class in the United States. Her work addressed both local topics, such as the election of Harold Washington as mayor in 1983, as well as topics of more national interest, including the challenges facing the growing black middle class.