Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth / Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones.
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TextPublisher: New York : HarperPerennial/Modern Classics, 2006Edition: 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics edDescription: xiv, 419, 14 p. : port. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780061130243 (sc); 0061443085 (pbk); 9780061443084 (pbk); 0061130249 (sc)Other title: American hungerSubject(s): Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi | Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth | Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | African American authors -- Biography | African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs | Mississippi -- Social conditions | Mississippi -- BiographyDDC classification: B Summary: Black Boy is a firsthand account of what it was like to come of age in the Jim Crow South. Richard Wright's story is an emotional journey through violence, abandonment, neglect, and hunger, as well as blatant racial discrimination
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-419).
Black Boy is a firsthand account of what it was like to come of age in the Jim Crow South. Richard Wright's story is an emotional journey through violence, abandonment, neglect, and hunger, as well as blatant racial discrimination
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