448 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2006 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
4 stars
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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.
Subjects
- Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth.
- Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs.
- Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
- African American authors -- Biography.
- Mississippi -- Social conditions.
- Mississippi -- Biography.