Black Boy

Paperback, 272 pages

Published Aug. 17, 2000 by Vintage.

ISBN:
9780099285069

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Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.

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Subjects

  • Biography: general
  • Black studies
  • Social history
  • USA
  • History: World