Levy, Debbie. Richard Wright: A Biography.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

LEVY, Debbie. Richard Wright: A Biography. 160p. (Literary Greats Series). Photos. reprods. bibliog. chron. further Reading. index. notes. Web sites. CIP. 21st Century Bks. 2007. PLB $33.26. ISBN 978-0-8225-6793-6. LC 2006101189.

Gr 7 Up--Wright was, for a time, the most celebrated African-American writer of his generation, and he is said to have used his writings like a "sledgehammer" to speak truth to power. Native Son, his most acclaimed novel, and Black Boy, his autobiography, are harsh and bitter indictments of America's oppressive treatment of her black citizens. His body of literature shows him to have been an angry man, outraged at white America and impatient …