Richard gains enough weight to work full-time at the post office and he and his family move to a larger apartment. He continues to write but is dissatisfied with the Negro literary group. He admires but does not join one of the early black-pride groups, the Garveyites. The Communist party also attracts blacks but Richard is convinced that Negroes have been oppressed far too long to mount a meaningful revolution.
Hard times are on the horizon for all Americans, however, as the stock market crashes. Richard loses his job and the hunger that he thought was a thing of the past returns. Illness plagues his family and Richard reluctantly takes.....
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