Wright influenced the way other African Americans could write. His perseverance, courage, and insistence on expressing his African American voice later influenced other African American writers to share their own stories from their own perspectives. Growing up in the Jim Crow South, it was difficult for Wright to adjust to America's conflicting rules. The Jim Crow era also made it difficult for Wright to become as influential an author as he would have liked. Wright is just the beginning of a long list of African-American authors sharing their own views, positive or negative, on African-American society.