Carey McWilliams
Carey McWilliams wrote many books, including Factories in the Field (1939), Brothers Under the Skin: African-Americans and Other Minorities (1943), Prejudice: Japanese-Americans, Symbol of Racial Intolerance (1944), Southern California: An Island on the Land (1946), and A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America (1948). He was also a lawyer and public servant (California Division of Immigration and Housing), chaired the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee in the early 1940s, and was editor of...See more
Carey McWilliams wrote many books, including Factories in the Field (1939), Brothers Under the Skin: African-Americans and Other Minorities (1943), Prejudice: Japanese-Americans, Symbol of Racial Intolerance (1944), Southern California: An Island on the Land (1946), and A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America (1948). He was also a lawyer and public servant (California Division of Immigration and Housing), chaired the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee in the early 1940s, and was editor of The Nation from 1955 to 1975. See less