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<p><P><i>Black Picket Fences</i> is a stark, moving, and candid look at a section of America that is too often ignored by both scholars and the media&#58; the black middle class. The result of living for three years in Groveland, a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, sociologist Mary Pattillo-McCoy has written a book that explores both the advantages and the boundaries that exist for members of the black middle class. Despite arguments that race no longer matters, Pattillo-McCoy shows a different reality, one where black and white middle classes remain separate and unequal.<br><br>An insightful look at the socio-economic experiences of the black middle class. . . . Through the prism of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, the author shows the distinctly different reality middle-class blacks face as opposed to middle-class whites. &#8212;<i>Ebony</i><br><br>A detailed and well-written account of one neighborhood's struggle to remain a haven of stability and prosperity in the midst of the cyclone that is the American economy. &#8212;<i>Emerge</i></p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>This book is the product of a three-year ethnographic study of Groveland, a black middle

Author

Mary Pattillo-McCoy, Mary Pattillo, Annette Lareau, Mary E. Pattillo

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226649283

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science

Rating

3.77 / 5 (162 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14