... country and change the history of the world" (http://www.galenet.com, pg. 15). During the winter of 1944-1945, he met the distinguished black writer Richard Wright, who became a mentor and father figure to him. Wright also recommended him for the Eugene Saxton Fellowship that he received in 1945. Until that time, Baldwin had been working only on an unpublished draft of ... for "his ability to make his readers feel intensely his! view of the damage that racial prejudice inflicts on both whites and blacks" (World Book Encyclopedia, pg. 31). Notes of a Native Son marked the formal entry of B...

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