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Richard Wright, 1940, as he completed Native Son
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| Title | Richard Wright, 1940, as he completed Native Son |
| Description | Chicago lawyer Leon Despres inscribed the back of this photograph when he sent it to Horace Cayton, co-author of Black Metropolis, in 1969. Cayton was then at work on a biography of his friend, Richard Wright. The biography remained unfinished at the time of Cayton's death in 1970. |
| Neighborhood/Street | Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Authors
Men
Minorities
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| Subject.LCSH | Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Photographs
African American authors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Native son
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| DateOfOriginal | 1940 |
| Time Period | 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Identifier | http://www.chipublib.org/digital/chiren/litwright.html |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH WD-CPL HARSH Horace Cayton Papers 072 |
| Collection | Horace Cayton Papers
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Image; |
| Format | gif |
| Original format | Portrait photographs
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| Size | 5.6 x 9.2 in. |
| Subject.LOCAL | literature
writers/artists/musicians/actors
African Americans
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