Black Boy (1945) is a memoir by American author Richard Wright, detailing his upbringing. Wright describes his youth in the South: Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party. Black Boy gained high acclaim in …
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Black Boy (1945) is a memoir by American author Richard Wright, detailing his upbringing. Wright describes his youth in the South: Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party. Black Boy gained high acclaim in the United States because of Wright's honest and profound depiction of racism in America. While the book gained significant recognition, much of the reception throughout and after the publication process was highly controversial.
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- 51639
- BNF ID:
- 11962743s
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Black boy
448 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2006 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-113024-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 94572252
Black boy
448 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2006 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-113024-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 94572252
Black Boy
419 pages
English language
Published May 14, 2001 by Perennial Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-092978-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 39339337
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