Richard Wright at 100: The Life and Work of America's Native Son

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Events

Events in 2008

Call for Papers: "Richard Wright at 100" - International Conference - Portugal, 28 November 2008

C-span airing of
Richard Wright at 100: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Organization of American Historians
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
March 29, 2008 (aired April 5, 2008)

Reading from Richard Wright's book, Haiku: This Other World —April 26, 2008
North Carolina Haiku Society 29th Annual Haiku Holiday Conference
Bolin Brook Farm, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Mississippi Reads

"Call" for "Kwansabas for Richard Wright (Centennial)"

Teaching Examples

Richard Wright at 100! A Celebratory Symposium —April 10–11, 2008
The Carter G. Woodson Institute, University of Virginia

Richard Wright Centennial Celebration — April 11–13, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Leap into Reading" —February 29, 2008
Laurel High School

Richard Wright, the South, and the World: A Centennial Celebration — February 21–25, 2008

Rembering Richard Wright — February 12–13, 2008
Xavier University

Past Events 2007

Natchez Literary & Cinema Celebration, Natchez, Mississippi — February 22–25, 2007