Richard Wright, 100 Years

Published by Ron Brown on 19 Sep 2008 12:00am
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Born in 1908 to a sharecropper on a plantation near Natchez, Richard Wright rose to literary heights writing about America's mistreatment of African Americans. In today's Arts Report, communities all across Mississippi are now taking part in an international celebration in this the centennial year of Wright's birth. MPB's Ron Brown reports.