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Richard Wright

1908 – 1960

Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois, United States; Paris, France

Mississippi-born writer who moved to Chicago in 1927; his best-selling novel Native Son (1940) and memoir Black Boy (1945) exposed American racism, and from 1946 he lived in Paris.

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Portrait of Richard Wright by Carl Van Vechten, June 23, 1939
Credit: Carl Van Vechten, Library of Congress. License: Public domain (Van Vechten collection, no known restrictions).

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Sources

  1. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi History Now, "Richard Wright: Mississippi's Native Son" (Primary source)
  2. BlackPast, "Richard Wright (1908-1960)" (Reference)

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