Richard (Rich) Wright is the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM). He has served in this position since 2014 and is responsible for ...
1 Chicago’s thriving theater scene inspired him creatively. When he moved here from Memphis in 1927, at the age of 19, Wright worked initially as a ditch digger, waiter, and letter sorter, not earning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Richard Wright stands as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. His works, ...
Writer Richard Wright is probably best known for his landmark essays and books depicting and confronting racial injustice, including Native Son and Black Boy. But over the last year and a half of his ...