Richard Wright was one of the most influential writers during the civil rights movement. He had powerful thoughts and ideas that challenged those of the time. One of his novels, Native Son, is about a man who is running away so as not to be put in jail for rape and murder. Throughout the novel the ideas of scared people who live in poverty, specifically African Americans. This ties into the civil rights movement because it is a book that is based off of the struggle for equal rights. It incorporates how the people where thought of as criminals, just because of the color of their skin, regardless of their personality. It also represents the inner anguish that African Americans felt because they were "free", just not as free as white people.
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