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Born September 4, 1908 • near Natchez • Mississippi
Died November 28, 1960 (aged 52) • Paris • France • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Notable Works “A Father’s Law” • “American Hunger” • “Black Boy” • “Eight Men” • “Native Son” • “Rite of Passage” • “The Man Who Lived Underground” • “The Outsider” • “Uncle Tom’s Children” • “White Man, Listen!”
Subjects Of Study United States • African American • race relations

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