Author | Richard Wright |
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Language | English |
Subject | Autobiography, Non-fiction |
Published | 1945 Harper & Brothers |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 419 p. |
ISBN | 0-06-113024-9 |
OCLC | 94572252 |
813/.52 B 22 | |
LC Class | PS3545.R815 Z96 2006 |
Preceded by | 12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States |
Followed by | The Outsider |
Black Boy (1945) is a memoir by American author Richard Wright, detailing his upbringing. Wright describes his youth in the South: Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party. Black Boy gained high acclaim in the United States because of Wright's honest and profound depiction of racism in America. While the book gained significant recognition, much of the reception throughout and after the publication process was highly controversial.