When it was published in 1940, Richard Wright's Native Son broke all the rules - just like its protagonist, Bigger Thomas.

 

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Additional Resources:
- About Richard Wright
- James Baldwin's "Everybody's Protest Novel"
- Irving Howe's "Black Boys and Native Sons"
- James Hurt's "Promised Land?" The Black Chicago Renaissance and After
 

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