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Richard Wright
 
By Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2025
Richard Wright 1908-1960 Marker
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1 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — Richard Wright 1908-1960 — Poet, Author, Social Commentator, and Mississippian — Literary Landmarks Register —
On Main Street at North Wall Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The Richard Wright Exhibit Hall Natchez Association for the Preservation of African-American Culture Museum This site is dedicated a Literary Landmark by Friends of Libraries U.S.A. October 23, 2008 Friends of the Judge George W. . . . — — Map (db m288896) HM
2 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — Richard Wright —
On East Woodlawn Street at Garden Street, on the left when traveling north on East Woodlawn Street.
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. . . . — — Map (db m170486) HM
3 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — Richard Wright — Mississippi Writers Trail —
On South Commerce Street south of State Street, on the left when traveling south.
Richard Nathaniel Wright was born in Roxie, near Natchez, in 1908. In his youth, he suffered poverty, racism, and being shuffled between an orphanage and the homes of relatives. In Jackson, he was valedictorian of his class at Smith Robertson . . . — — Map (db m193094) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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