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SUMMARY:Folio Presents: 400 Years of Racism Discussion Series – Native Son by Richard Wright
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday, May 5\nThis discussion is part of Folio’s 400 Years of Racism series, led by Folio librarian Lillian Dabney.\nSet in Chicago in the 1930s, Native Son is the story of Bigger Thomas, a young Black man caught in a downward spiral after killing a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Written with the distinctive rhythm of a modern crime story, this formidable work is both a condemnation of social injustice and an unsparing portrait of the Black experience in America, revealing the tragic effect of poverty, racism, and hopelessness on the human spirit. “I wrote Native Son to show what manner of men and women our ‘society of the majority’ breeds, and my aim was to depict a character in terms of the living tissue and texture of daily consciousness,” Wright explained.\nBorn in 1908 near Roxie, Mississippi, Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depictions of the Black experience. The author of numerous works, he stands today as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Black Boy and his novel Native Son are required reading in many high schools and colleges across the nation. Wright died in Paris, France, in 1960.\nRSVP\n
URL:https://www.pikeplacemarket.org/events-calendar/folio-presents-400-years-of-racism-discussion-series-native-son-by-richard-wright/
ORGANIZER;CN=Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum:MAILTO:Caroline@FolioSeattle.org
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