Richard R. Wright Jr. Quotes

Richard Robert Wright Jr. was an American sociologist, social worker, and minister. In 1911, Wright became the first African-American to earn a doctorate in sociology from an organized graduate school when he received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Wright was the editor for The Christian Recorder, "the oldest existing periodical published by African-Americans in the United States whose existence dated before the Civil War," from 1909-1936. Wikipedia

✵ 16. April 1878 – 12. December 1967

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“There will always be differences in people, but they won't be weighted down by myths”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965

“No woman in the world, certainly none in America, has had to battle for her virtue, for her self-respect, for her right to her own children, as has the black mother.”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965

“For 246 years [African slaves] received only board, lodging, and scant clothing. Calculated at one dollar a day, they earned five trillion dollars which have never been paid them.”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965

“the 'Negro problem'-that condition which is peculiar to Negroes, and common to them-is rather found in the attitude of the White race toward the Negro; an attitude of majority which seeks to shut out a minority from the enjoyment of the whole social and economic life.”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965

“Negro-Americans will have to fight, but not with bombs, and planes, and guns, but with intelligence, self-confidence, and determination, efficiency, and high moral principles.”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965

“Only after one has obtained knowledge of the history, is he fully competent to deal with present problems, and then he is less certain than ever that any of the ordinary problems of life are particularly Negro problems.”

Richard R. Wright Jr.

Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965