Cossitt Branch Library is Tennessee's First Literary Landmark
Inside the Cossitt Branch is a plaque designating the
Cossitt Branch Library as Tennessee's first Literary Landmark.
The status was bestowed in recognition of the part Cossitt played in
furthering the career of author
Richard Wright.
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The plaque reads as follows:
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Friends of Libraries USA
Literary Landmarks Register
Cossitt Library
33 South Front
In the 1920s Richard Wright (1908-1960) was denied access to the library because of race.
A sympathetic white man helped Wright use the library, thus nourishing his dream of
becoming a writer. This story is told in Wright's famous autobiography,
Black Boy
Tennessee Library Association
April 15, 1998
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