Black Boy | Black Boy

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Author: Richard Wright
First Published: 1945
Type of Work: Autobiography
Time of Work: 1912-1925
Setting: Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi
Principal Characters: Richard Wright
Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
Subjects: African Americans, Maturation or coming of age, Language or languages, Memory, South or Southerners, Authors or writers, Prejudices or antipathies, Manners or customs, Social life, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, American Dream, Chicago, Individuality
Locales: Arkansas, Chicago, IL, Memphis, TN, Mississippi

Richard Wright, a prominent black American writer, tells his story of growing up in the Jim Crow South during the early decades of the twentieth century. Written in the form of a novel, Black Boy describes the ordeal of being black in a world dominated by Southern whites; it also portrays the emotional turmoil of a child struggling for personal identity among domineering adults. Wright’s struggle to become a self-reliant individual and writer was a battle fought on two fronts: against the cultural barrenness of his own race, and against the tyranny of...

Black Boy | Black Boy

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