Wright, Richard 1908 -- 1960 Richard Wright was born on September 4, 1908, in Natchez, Mississippi. Richard's mother was a schoolteacher and his father who deserted the family when Richard was four was an illiterate sharecropper. The family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1914. Young Richard's schooling was spotty; he did not attend a complete year of school until about the seventh grade due to constant moving. Although Richard was all ways on the move he maintained good grades, but …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

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