"Uncle Tom's Revolutionaries", A look at Richard Wright's "Uncle Tom's Children" and the author's Communist agenda.

Uncle Tom's Revolutionaries Throughout the novel Uncle Tom's Children, Richard Wright clearly lays out his communist agenda and basically gives blacks an instruction manual on how to achieve their freedom through Communism. Wright systematically plays on southern blacks' concerns and religious values to sway them to communism. He uses clever methods to attempt to change such a large and varied group's way of thinking. "Long Black Song" is the first story in Uncle Tom's Children …

…who read them, which is all he ever really set out to accomplish. Works Cited "Biography of Richard Wright." ClassicNotes by GradeSaver. 2000. 2 pp. 20 Oct. 2002. <http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_richard_wright.html> Wright, Richard. "Bright and Morning Star." Uncle Tom's Children. New York: Harper & Row P, 1965. . "Fire and Cloud." Uncle Tom's Children. New York: Harper & Row P, 1965. . "Long Black Song." Uncle Tom's Children. New York: Harper & Row P, 1965.