American Literature / Unit 15 AML 1436 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Richard Wright and *Native Son*
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The idea
Wright grew up in Mississippi and Memphis, moved to Chicago, and published Native Son in nineteen forty. The novel follows a young Black man in Chicago whose fear and rage lead to two killings and a trial, and it was an immediate national bestseller.
In practice
A Chicago novel that the country could not ignore.
Where people slip
The book was written to refuse comfort.
Your place on the trail
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