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Richard Nathaniel Wright born September 4 . He was the first born child of Nathaniel and Ella Wright. Richard Nathaniel Wright born September 4
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Richard's uncle named Silas Hoskins had a successful saloon and the white citizens were jealous of his fortune so they shot him. Richard and his family fled to West Helena, Arkansas.
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After he moves several times with his mother and siblings, and experiences the loss of his uncles due to a racial charged homicide, Richard Wright is forced to leave school in order to find work to support himself and his family
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Richard is dismayed by the illiteracy and lack of education he sees among African-Americans. His income from jobs allows Richard to afford books, food, and clothing for the first time.
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After Richard graduates high school he moves to Memphis Tennessee. No exact date
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Richard graduates from Smith-Robertson as valedictorian. He refuses to deliver the graduation ceremony speech prepared by the principal and instead delivers his own. He leaves Jackson for Memphis.
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Richard joins the Chicago John Reed Club and writes revolutionary poetry for Left Front. He joins the Communist Party and is hired to supervise a youth club organized to counter juvenile delinquency among African-Americans on the South Side.
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Richard moves to New York City where he works for a Communist newspaper called Daily Worker. No exact date.
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Richard's book named Uncle Tom's Children is published by Harper and Brothers. No exact date.
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Wright marries Dhima Rose Meadmean, a white ballet dancer.
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Richard Wright's book native son was published in 1940, written in his early years before his big move to Paris. This book symbolized the trouble and terror he experienced in America.
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Richard Wright's first daughter is born.
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Richard's autobiography is published. He first calls it American Hunger but later changes the name to Black Boy.
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Wright travels to France in May as a guest of the French government, is well received by French intellectuals, and stays until December. His first move to Paris opened his creative view.
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Returning to New York, Wright encounters continuing racism. Wright, Ellen and Julia return to Paris, where they become permanent expatriates.
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His book, The Outsider, was shortly published after his move to paris symbolizing his interest in existentialism.
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The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference is published in English in March, having appeared in French three months earlier. He places emphasis on race as the crucial factor in resolving the problems of Western and third world cultures.
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Pagan Spain is published and White Man Listen is published.
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He dies of a heart attack in Paris, France. He was 52 years old.
