Richard Wright

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the …

Black Boy är den första delen av Richard Wrights självbiografi från 1945. Den beskriver författarens egen barn- och ungdom i rasismens Mississippi under tidigt 1900-tal. Uppföljaren Hunger i Amerika gavs ut postumt 1978, eftersom Wright dragit tillbaka den vid utgivningen av Black Boy.

Uncle Tom's Children is a collection of short stories by African-American author Richard Wright, who is also the author of Black Boy, Native Son, and The Outsider. Uncle Tom's Children includes four short stories and was successful when it was first published in 1938. In 1940, Harper reissued the volume as Uncle Tom's …