Episode 639: Richard Wright: Native Son (Flight-Fate, Part 3/4)
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Episode 639: Richard Wright: Native Son (Flight-Fate, Part 3/4)

2024-03-06

In this third part of four exploring the powerful novel NATIVE SON by Richard Wright, we witness the capture of Bigger Thomas and the way the media presented a black defendant, ignored black victims, and jumped to racist assumptions, all the while trying to expose the Communist Party for its anti-racist work.

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