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4.1 · 290 pages · First published 1945
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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Social life and customsAfrican American authorsBiographiesAfrican AmericansÉcrivains américainsChildhood and youthBiographyYouthAmerican AuthorsSegregationHomes and hauntsSocial conditionsAfrican American familiesAfro-AmericansAfrican American novelistsAmerican fictionLong Now Manual for CivilizationHomesAfrican American StudiesSOCIAL SCIENCE
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- World Publishing Co., Harper & Brothers, Vintage, Cape, Signet, Penguin Random House
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- eng, fre, und