Native Son News

Over the weekend, The State newspaper, based in Columbia, SC, published an op-ed from our good friend, Alvin McEwen.

The Irondale Ensemble's presentation of the work in progress A People's History of Fort Greene brings to life the rich history of this unique neighborhood in Brooklyn.

John Karlen was born John Adam Francis Kazrlewicz in Brooklyn on May 28, 1933. The actor is best known for his work in television.

Book lovers have another reason to head to the post office this month. On April 9, former Chicago Post Office employee and renowned author Richard Wright got his very own stamp.

FOR Bigger Thomas, these conditions are nearly paralyzing. Bigger, the abrasive antihero of Richard Wright 's " Native Son ," sleeps on the floor of his family's apartment with his brother, not motivated to search for jobs or help out around the house.

Piracy on the high seas! The world was enthralled with the intrigue and outcome of the abduction and eventual rescue of the captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship off the coast of Somalia last week.

The American Century Theatre opened Richard Wright's searing play, Native Son , on Tuesday at Arlington's Gunston Theater.

The Postal Service honored one of its own with the release of the 61-cent Richard Wright commemorative stamp April 9. The 25th inductee into the Literary Arts stamp series, the 61-cent stamp will be the two-ounce letter rate stamp when the new postal rates take effect on May 11.

Author and former postal employee Richard Wright will be immortalized on a First-Class stamp tomorrow in the lobby of the Chicago Main Post Office on West Harrison Street when the stamp goes on sale nationwide Thursday, April 9, as the 25th inductee into the Postal Servicea s Literary Arts series.

The theatrical adaptation of Native Son is rarely produced, and the way it treats delicate racial and social issues doesn't make it difficult to see why.

Through his mid20th century novels and nonfiction, Mississippi native Richard Wright's words helped redefine how Americans dealt with racism.

She was represented by Flip Brophy, president of Sterling Lord Literistic J.K. Rowling Severs Ties with MS Scotland Charity, reports New York Times Unable to resolve a dispute between the group's national office in Edinburgh and its management in London, the bestselling author will no longer serve as patron of the Multiple Sclerosis Society ...

A stamp to commemorate writer Richard Wright, a former postal employee, is to be unveiled in Chicago on Thursday, a spokesman said.

Miami rap star Trick Daddy has signed a deal with MTV/Pocket Books to release his autobiography, officially titled Magic City: Trials Of A Native Son.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, announces that outgoing Board President Susan J. Leavitt and William H. Block, a former Intiman ...

Black History Month was a big deal when I was in school. It might have something to do with the fact that many of the students at my schools were black, but I hope multiculturalism, including black history, is ...

USPS JANUARY 03, 2009 Washington Bob Hope returns to a "stamping ovation" May 29 on the USS Midway in San Diego when the Postal Service issues a stamp in his likeness on what would have been his 106th birthday.

The U.S. Postal Service has announced the many commemorative stamps that will make their debut in 2009.

The same day Barack Obama gave his memorable acceptance speech as nominee for the Democratic Party, my daughter wed a man from Illinois.

At the end of his autobiography of life as a slave, Frederick Douglass warns of the kind of founding duplicities in American life that he sees enduring beyond his emancipation: "The clanking of fetters and the ...