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SUMMARY:Projection of a Film Performance on Richard Wright by writer Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
DESCRIPTION:RICHARD WRIGHT/ GREAT AMERICAN NOVELIST\n\n \n\nRichard 
 Wright\,  the author of the novel Native Son (1940) and the autobiography 
 Black Boy (1945)\, pioneered an influential school of protest literature. 
 He became the first Black writer to pen a bestseller that overtly 
 criticized racism and white supremacy. Born into dire poverty and 
 oppression in segregated Mississippi\, his journey to international success 
 was so unlikely that upon meeting him the most famous sociologist of the 
 1940's asked\, "How in the hell did YOU happen?"\n\nFollowing his success\, 
 Wright grew disillusioned with the United States\, and\, in 1947\, 
 relocated to France. Before his death in 1960\, at age 52\, he coined the 
 phrase "Black Power" in support of African anti-colonial 
 revolutions.\n\nThe time and place of this presentation is the summer of 
 1960. Richard Wright has chosen to honor an American audience in Paris with 
 a frank account of why he has chosen to live as an expatriate in France for 
 the past decade.\n\nAbout Darryl Lorenzo Wellington\n\nDarryl Lorenzo 
 Wellington was the 2021-23 Poet Laureate of Santa Fe\, New Mexico. When 
 living in the South he was a ROOTS member. An uprooted Southerner who is 
 now a New Mexican\, he has been a professional journalist.. Darryl has been 
 a writing fellow at Community Change\, a Washington DC-based nonprofit 
 dedicated to improving the lives of people of color. His articles\, fiction 
 and poetry are anthologized in MFA vs. NYC and Santa Fe Noir. His most 
 recent book is: Legible Walls: Poems for Santa Fe Murals. Darryl is also an 
 actor/performance artist whose work includes a dramatic reenactment of the 
 life and times of the great Black novelist Richard Wright. \n\n \n\n\n\nYou 
 are encouraged to take notes. Darryl Wellington will answer questions at 
 the end of his presentation.
LOCATION:McKinley Washington Auditorium (125 Bull St.\, 3rd floor)\, Avery Research Center
ORGANIZER;CN="Avery ResearchCenter":MAILTO:AveryResearchCenter@cofc.edu
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions, Lecture/Panel
CONTACT;CN="Avery ResearchCenter":MAILTO:AveryResearchCenter@cofc.edu
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