RICHARD WRIGHT (1908-1960).

The article focuses on African American writer Richard Wright. Born in 1908 in Mississippi, Wright exemplified the militant spirit of the African American left in the 1930s. Wright explicitly acknowledged his own combative spirit in his autobiography, "Black Boy." Richard Wright himself aspired to be just such a literary warrior. He made this intent apparent in the blunt, pugnacious stories of American children. In ensuing years, Wright's literary and intellectual ambitions broadened, reflecting his serious engagement with works of modern philosophy and literature. His most successful novel is "Native Son."