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Richard Nathaniel Wright

Collection:: FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Title:: Richard Nathaniel Wright
Creator:: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1942/1960
Subject:: Governmental investigations--United States
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
African American authors
Communism--United States
People:: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Location:: United States, 39.76, -98.5
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: FBI file of the writer investigated by the FBI for being a member of the Communist Party between 1932 and 1942. He departed the party in 1942 because of ideological disputes.
Metadata URL:: http://vault.fbi.gov/Richard%20Nathaniel%20Wright
Contributing Institution:: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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