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Black Boy: A Record of Youth and Childhood

Black Boy: A Record of Youth and Childhood

Richard Wright

Black Boy: A Record of Youth and Childhood

January 1, 1945Harper Perennial Modern Classics272 pages
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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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