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Richard Nathaniel Wright — Part 2
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An tnctutdual who Fives ta Porta, France, adutaed tn
Lecember, 1951, that wright refataed his Inited States citizens ty
and litved off hia bok royalttes from deerican sales. Ke reportec
that he had attended a meeting which was ao "Comnunist front” and
which was generally critical of American polictes, ractal and
foreign, uczhis meeting was atiended by Wright and tt was the
infornmant'’s opinton that even though #right had publicly rensunced
Coumunige, he was a8 much ‘i ae he Aad ever beens ih
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4 | Wn Decender 16, 1957, entified Sade reported
‘ Bhat the FrancoedAnertcan Fellewship Group was organized almost
< entirely by Richurd sright, American writer, 1) Monsieur Le
~ Prince, Paris, france, immediately after Forld war II, and was
Supposed to be a snonsorehtp for young writers, artists, and
poets who were stucente in France. At the time of ite erganizattic:.
/¢ several of the atudents had nade statenents to the effect that
the group was “leftiet”™ in the nature of its discussions. Accord:
to tne tnfcrnanit, eright and his group were the targets of
attacss fron one Janes Baldwin, a@ young Negro writer who was a
atudent in FPoria& Saidwin attacked the hatred thenes of the
Fright writings and the attempt of the FrancoeAnerican Fellowship
Group to perpetuate "Yncle Yom Literature Methodae® 7 \y)
. Cle Se arrys 1000187/.6)-3e) et
tn December 10, 1951, an American citizen, then
diving in Faris, advised that her niece, who was a student, had
been tinuiteu to join the Franco-ed.ertcan Fellowship Group by
Richard aright, who sataied that the group was composed of
“militant persons” tnteres.ed in the welfare of the american
wegro. x«ccording to the in, orzant, the ntece attended one
keeting of the ergauntzation ad came to the conclusion that
despite tta denials of Communism, the group eapoused the Cor-
muntat Porty line aoa the girl had kEncwn §{¢ in the United States.
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