Richard Wright - Natchez, MS
Posted by: jdwms_1950
N 31° 34.011 W 091° 23.415
15R E 652769 N 3493549
Richard Wright - Natchez, MS
Waymark Code: WMJ0JA
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2013
Views: 9
Richard Wright
Childhood home of noted American author Richard Wright, while he lived with grandparents Richard and Margaret Wilson in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Author of "Native Son" and "Black Boy", Wright was born outside Natchez in rural Adams County in 1908. His lifelong quest for freedom led him to Paris, France, where he died in 1960.
Date Installed:: 1998
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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