Winners of the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation's Legacy Awards will be announced at a ceremony on November 3 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.Winners of the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Noun 1. Richard Wright - United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) Wright Foundation's Legacy Awards will be announced at a ceremony on November 3 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The nominees, announced in July, include John Hope Franklin Noun 1. John Hope Franklin - United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) Franklin , Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishing company in New York City noted for its literary excellence. It was founded in 1945 by John Farrar and Roger Straus as Farrar, Straus & Co. ); David Anthony Durham David Anthony Durham has thus far built his reputation as an historical novelist. His first novel, Gabriel's Story, centered on African American settlers in the American West. , Pride of Carthage (Doubleday); Mary Francis Berry, My Face Is Black Is True (Alfred A. Knopf); and Denise Nicholas, Freshwater Road (Agate Publishing, Inc.). The annual award honors black writers in fiction, debut fiction, nonfiction and contemporary fiction. |
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