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at a _s . te ot - i ee oo <= FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THis CASE ORIGMATED AT ’ ° SY eucwo. 1006-41674 JG RICHARD NATHANIEL WEIGHT SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject born in Batches, Mississippi, 1909, end at age of 15 ran away fror orpha asylus ané then busmedé his way throughout the country. Sudject employed by WPA frox 1-3-36 to 5-17.39. Subject the author of "Hative Son", a novel which wae later adapted into a play by same mame, and this play was included in "The Best Plays of 1940 and 1941". Information regerding wabject's book, "Twelve Million Black Voices" pet out. acrucy/ (5 (7a - REG. REC'D ; oe ae REET FORW. 2 REFTRENCE: =~ (Bureau Pile Fumber 100~-157464) ° Bureau Letter to New York dated December 8, 1942. ‘<DETATLES: A review of the indices of the Public Library of New York City, located at Sth Avenue and 42nd Street, reflected that the sub- ject's true maze fe RICHAED MATEANIEL WEIGHT and that be wee born im 1909, The indices also reflected that the eutject wrote the following books: "Fire ant Fa Cloua*, Twelve Nillion Black Voices? Sative Son®, and “Uncie Tom's Childres*,. Mr. M. B. TOLBOE, dn the 1939 issue of the "Modern Quarterly", Volume Eleven, Number Five, in reviewing the works of the subject, eteted thet RICHARD WRIGHT was born “on a broken down plantation near Hatches, Mississippi, a State which leads the Union iz illiteracy, Christianity and mobecracy. Eis femily travelled from town to town like grub-worms. His father got tired ef his poverty-raviged bousebold ané deserted the family. Paralysis etruck bie mother down and he entered an orphan asylum but ran off at fifteen. Ia Kempt s “pe haunted Beale Street and later he bumred his wy ali over the soun try, fight’ cOMmEn OF THE REPORT Ny ra | “a - Capt. B.C, MacFatl, onr‘ nee ppl fe “Sg inrone AGT CORTANE - | 1 - Gol. 8. ¥ Constant, G2 6: ah. BERET IC UIA AOE, ° -- o a1 . et | Pr in!