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When Michael Harrington’s masterpiece, The Other America, was first published in 1962, it was hailed as an explosive work and became a galvanizing force for the war on poverty. Harrington shed light on the lives of the poor—from farm to city—and the social forces that relegated them to their difficult situations.
Michael Harrington (1928-1989) was a U.S. socialist, editor, writer, founder and leader of Democratic Socialists of America (U.S. affiliate to the Socialist International), and political leader best known for his book The Other America: Poverty in the United States(1962). These papers include his notebooks, correspondence, and documentation of his various political and journalistic endeavors.
19 de nov. de 2023 · Michael Harrington. Michael Harrington (February 24, 1928 — July 31, 1989) was an author, educator and socialist activist. His most influential book, The Other America, exposed the prevalence of poverty in the midst of America's post-WWII affluence and is widely acknowledged as the inspiration for the war on poverty during the 1960's.
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Michael Harrington was born in St. Louis to a Catholic family in the beginning of 1928. Growing up, he attended Catholic schools and inherited conservative views from his parents. However, while studying at Yale and the University of Chicago, he began taking on Christian views that advocated for social and economic progressivism, opposing what he saw as the exploitation of the common American ...
13 de sept. de 2018 · Waring Abbott/Getty Images. One of the best-known American socialists of the late 20th century, Harrington, who died in 1989, is often remembered as a quiet, devout activist, someone whom even his ...
