This paper examines the book "Common Ground" by J. Anthony Lukas, a tale of race and
racism in the real world without using
theories or philosophies. It discusses how Lukas tells his tale of
racism, which deals with the lives of three Bostonians in purely human terms and in a factual and well-researched manner. It looks at how the novel details what happened in the city of Boston in the years immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King and analyzes his characters and their families, their environment and their points of view concerning the racial tensions and conflicts in Boston.