39 pages • 1 hour read
Richard WrightBig Black Good Man
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Paired Texts & Other Resources
Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.
Recommended Texts for Pairing
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- DiAngelo’s book analyzes modern unconscious white supremacy and proposes ideas for how white people can better fight against it.
- Ties into themes on Western Racism and Ambiguity
- White Fragility on SuperSummary
Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
- An accessible psychological study on how good people have damaging subconscious biases.
- Ties into themes on Western Racism and Race in Europe
Native Son by Richard Wright
- Wright’s debut novel explores a Black family living under Jim Crow who express their rage over the racism that keeps them oppressed.
- Ties into themes on Western racism and Psychological Realism
- Native Son on SuperSummary
Other Student Resources
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Featured Collections