Read Native Son by Richard Wright

Richard Wright's "Native Son" is considered a groundbreaking novel in African American literature.

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Native Son

Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.

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