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Richard Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an influential American author whose works profoundly exposed racial discrimination and social injustice, leaving a lasting impact on American literature.

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“But he is product of a dislocated society; he is a dispossessed and disinherited man; he is all of this, and he lives amide the greatest plenty on earth and he is looking and feeling for a way out.”

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Book:Native Son

Source: Native Son

“The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.”

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Book:Native Son

Source: Native Son

“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.”

Source: Native Son

“He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done made others suffer. No matter how much he would long for them to forget him, they would not be able to. His family was a part of him, not only in blood, but in spirit.”

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Book:Native Son

Source: Native Son

About the Author

Born: September 4, 1908
Died: November 28, 1960
Known for: Author
Quotes: 67

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