The history of the Negro in America is the history of America written in vivid and bloody terms; it is the history of Western Man writ small. It is the history of men who tried to adjust themselves to a world whose laws, customs, and instruments of force were leveled against them The Negro is America's metaphor.


White Man, Listen! (1957)

Richard Wright Quotes

The history of the Negro in America is the history of America written in vivid and bloody terms; it is the history of Western Man writ small. It is...

The history of the Negro in America is the history of America written in vivid and bloody terms; it is the history of Western Man writ small. It is...

The history of the Negro in America is the history of America written in vivid and bloody terms; it is the history of Western Man writ small. It is...

The history of the Negro in America is the history of America written in vivid and bloody terms; it is the history of Western Man writ small. It is...