school & library binding
English language
Published Oct. 7, 1999 by Tandem Library.
4 stars
(2 reviews)
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.
Subjects
- Biography / Autobiography
- Wright, Richard,
- Historical - U.S
- Biography
- African Americans
- Mississippi
- Biography & Autobiography
- Childhood and youth
- Biography/Autobiography
- Literary
- People of Color
- African American authors
- American - General
- Social life and customs
- 1908-1960
- 20th century
- Authors, American