Richard Wright Authors That Changed AmericaAt a time when Jim Crow laws made racial segregation legal across much of the United States, author Richard Wright gave voice to a struggle – as the first African American author to achieve widespread critical and commercial...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Did a Book Spark the Civil War? America ExplainedIt was published nine years before a shot was fired. And was written by a woman. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin fan the flames of the American Civil...
