During the winter of 1944-1945, he met the distinguished black writer Richard Wright, who became a mentor and father figure to him. ... It was the nonfiction books - Notes of a Nation Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name (1961), and The Fire Next Time (1963) - "that secured his reputation as an important American writer and social critic" (http://www.africana.com, pg. 1). ... The world is white no longer and it will never be white again" (http://www.galenet.com, pg. 13). ... My Dungeon Shook contains advice to a young black male who is the author's nephew and is about to enter the area of ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School