Writing • AGE 52
His powerful, eloquent work examined the injustices African-Americans face in a white society. He won immediate fame for his first novel, "Native Son" (1940). It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a yo...
Native Son
Novel
2019
Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist
Self
2009
America's Dream
Story
1996
The Catwalk
1988
Writer
1986
American Playhouse
1982
Almos' a Man
Short Story
1976
Savage Sunday
1967
Bigger Thomas
1951