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USA
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Bigger Thomas, a young Black man in 1930s Chicago, accidentally kills a white woman, exposing the brutal reality of racism.
Literary Significance
First bestseller by African-American author; changed American literature's depiction of race
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editorial-summarynot primary textBigger Thomas, a young Black man in 1930s Chicago, accidentally kills a white woman, exposing the brutal reality of racism. First bestseller by African-American author; changed American literature's depiction of race
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