Horace R. Cayton Jr. | |
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| Born | April 12, 1903 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 1970 (aged 66) |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, newspaper columnist, and author |
| Notable work | Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City (1945) |
Horace Roscoe Cayton Jr. (April 12, 1903 – January 21, 1970) was a prominent American sociologist, newspaper columnist, and writer who specialized in studies of working-class black Americans, particularly in mid-20th-century Chicago. Cayton is best remembered as the co-author of a seminal 1945 study of South Side, Chicago, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City.