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The author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most notably the acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eNative Son \u003c\/em\u003eand his stunning autobiography, \u003cem\u003eBlack Boy, \u003c\/em\u003eWright\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003estands today as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the American Deep South, each of the powerful and devastating stories in \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom's Children\u003c\/em\u003e concerns an aspect of the lives of Black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. 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