“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.”
Book:Black Boy
Quote by Richard Wright
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Richard Wright
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. more
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