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Early works, Lawd today, Uncle Tom's children, Native son, Richard Wright ; [notes by Arnold Rampersad]

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Early works

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Richard Wright ; [notes by Arnold Rampersad]

Library of America, 55

Lawd today, Uncle Tom's children, Native son

In Lawd today, one day in the life of a Chicago black postal clerk during the Depression is recounted. In Uncle Tom's children, a collection of short stories examines the lives of blacks living in the South. In Native son, a young black man, finds himself hopelessly caught in a web of racial and economic oppression, which leads him to acts of violence and passion

Richard Wright, early works