Richard Wright

An African-American author.

Native Son

Bigger Thomas gets a job as a chauffeur for Mary Dalton, but he suffocates her with a pillow for fear of being discovered in bed with her. Bigger later rapes and murders his girlfriend Bessie, and is ultimately sentenced to death for the murders.

Black Boy

His memoir, describes his youth in the Jim Crow south and his move to Chicago, where he joins and then becomes disillusioned with the Communist Party.

Uncle Tom’s Children

a collection of novellas including “Big Boy Leaves Home” and “Fire and Cloud”