Black boy, (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones
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Black boy, (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-419)
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
950L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Black boy
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
94572252
Responsibility statement
Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones
Series statement
Harper Perennial modern classics
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, UG, 7.4, 22, 22, 12777
Sub title
(American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
Summary
The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common law. This is the author's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering
Table Of Contents
Southern night, Horror and the glory
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- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Black people -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Nonfiction novels
- African American authors -- Biography
- Mississippi -- Biography
- Literature -- General
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth
- BIPOC -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Mississippi -- Social conditions
- Minority groups -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi
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- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Black people -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Nonfiction novels
- African American authors -- Biography
- Mississippi -- Biography
- Literature -- General
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth
- BIPOC -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Mississippi -- Social conditions
- Minority groups -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi
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