J. Anthony Lukas Quote

In 1845, the Bunker Hill Aurora warned that foreigners were landing at the rate of 13,400 a month!!! 466 a day!!! 19 an hour!!! Three years later, the same paper declared: Our country is literally being overrun with the miserable, vicious, and unclean paupers of the old country.

J. Anthony Lukas

In 1845, the Bunker Hill Aurora warned that foreigners were landing at the rate of 13,400 a month!!! 466 a day!!! 19 an hour!!! Three years later, the same paper declared: Our country is literally being overrun with the miserable, vicious, and unclean paupers of the old country.

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About J. Anthony Lukas

Jay Anthony Lukas (April 25, 1933 – June 5, 1997) was an American journalist and author, 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, class conflict, 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 working-class African-American.