Page, Clarence

(born June 2, 1947, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) American newspaper columnist and television commentator. Page studied journalism at Ohio University (B.S., 1969), then joined the Chicago Tribune as a reporter. From 1980 to 1984 he worked at WBBM-TV in Chicago, first as a director of community affairs and next as a reporter and editor. He returned to the Tribune as a syndicated columnist and member of the editorial board in 1984 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary in 1989. Page writes frequently on topics of race and African American identity. Some of his most impassioned essays appeared in his book Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race and Identity (1996). In the book, he argued against the concept of “color-blindness,” emphasizing instead the importance of engaging one's ethnic heritage.