JORDAN'S JOURNAL 6/12/08 RICHARD WRIGHT

DEAR A'NYA;
1963-MEGAR EVERS,CIVILRIGHTS LEADER, ASSASSINATED IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

RICHARD WRIGHT
RICHARD WRIGHT WAS THE FIRST BLACK AUTHOR TO REVEAL THE FULL HORROR OF RACIAL OPPRESSION TO A LARGE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE.
RACISM PROMPTED WRIGHT TO LEAVE AMERICA IN 1947. HE SPENT THE REMAINING YEARS IN SELF-IMPOSED EXILE AS A N ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF THE EMERGING 3RD WORLD NATIONS. YET, HE NEVER MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE GRIM REALITY OF BLACK/WHITE RELATIONS IN THE U. S.
NO AUTHOR HAS PERUSED MORE INCISIVELY AT OUR SOCIETY'S TREATMENT OF IT'S POOR AND OPPRESSED THAN RICHARD WRIGHT.