He served as President of Allen University, in the U.S. Office of Education, and as Director of the Division of Social Sciences at The Hampton Institute.
[1] He received a master's degree from Ohio State University in 1933, with a thesis on attitudinal testing.
[1] Wright became principal of the Campus Laboratory School at Albany State College in Georgia at age twenty five until 1934.
[1] At this school he also held positions as associate professor of education and director of teacher training.
[3] Wright was a board member of the Home for Dependent Children, Child Guidance Clinic, Advisory committee to Civil rights, and Vice president of Victory Savings Bank.