Black Boy

A Record of Childhood and Youth

Hardcover, 440 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1995 by Buccaneer Books.

ISBN:
978-1-56849-067-0
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OCLC Number:
44854955

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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

  • Historical - U.S
  • Mississippi
  • Biography / Autobiography
  • Authors, American
  • Social life and customs
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Literary
  • Biography/Autobiography
  • Homes and haunts
  • People of Color
  • American - General
  • 20th century
  • African Americans
  • Biography