Native Son outsold Hurston and Hughes combined over two decades

Evidence

By the end of March 1940, Native Son had sold 250,000 copies and garnered rave reviews from Whites and Blacks alike—more sold books and rave reviews than Hurston and Langston Hughes had received in two decades. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 896

Categorization

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