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1) Native son
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
-- Native Son.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 SonNative Son includes an essay by Wright titled, How "Bigger" was Born, along with notes on the text.
3) Black Boy
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. At once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, Black BoyBlack Boy, Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to ""hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo."" Seventy-five years later, his words continue to reverberate.
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system."--
8) Native Son
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
One of the most controversial novels of its day, Richard Wright's Native Son (first published in 1940) exposed the injustices of urban African-American life, witnessed through the eyes of Bigger Thomas, whose violent tendencies and moral confusion were the natural result of a lifetime of deprivation. In prison for murder and sentenced to death, Thomas reflects on the circumstances that led to his fate. Kino Lorber presents a new restoration of the...
