The Man Who Was Almost a Man-Richard Wright

I enjoyed reading this story. I had no idea that the author was an African American. Richard Wright was the first major African American novelist to make his mark in the twentieth century, achieving both commercial and critical success. His success paved the way for other black writers to flourish, including Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. His realistic portrayal of black Americans’ lives injected an otherwise overlooked and silenced viewpoint into the nation’s social and literary consciousness.