By Rasheed Delone. Born September 4, 1908 Roxie, MS wrote and published 19 books 2 of which became a play and one a motion picture Wright's literary career.

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By Rasheed Delone

Born September 4, 1908 Roxie, MS wrote and published 19 books 2 of which became a play and one a motion picture Wright's literary career was launched when his short story collection, Uncle Tom's Children (1938), won first prize for the Story magazine contest open to Federal Writer's Project authors for best book-length manuscript. forged a white person's name and made a fake note to acquire books from a library published his first short story at the age of 16. son of illiterate sharecropper About Richard Wright

Blueprint for Negro:3 T's (Theme,Tone,Techniques)  Theme: Effects of racism on the oppressed black people/ Inequity of the American people between white/black.  Tone: Richard wright express an calm and assuring tone getting out his thoughts points and reasons without showing a sense of anger nor hate toward white society.  Techniques:Analogy,Characterization,Conflict,Flashback,Foreshadowing, Metaphor, Mood,Point-of-view,symbol,tone.

Richard Wright's contributions to the Harlem Renaissance  Richard Wright was one of America's greatest black writers.  among the first African American writers to achieve literary fame and fortune  shows that the color of your skin doesn't reflect your abilities in any type of way or the origins of in which you came  essential figure in the development of African American literature  influencing such authors as Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin  one of the most powerful writers of the twentieth century  The central characters in his fiction are usually bitter, alienated black men, and his treatment of their experience provides a vivid portrayal of both the economic and psychological effects of racism.