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“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.

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Richard Robert Wright Jr. (born April 16, 1878 in Cuthbert, Georgia, died December 12, 1967) was an American sociologist, social worker, and minister.

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