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A review by lacytelles
Black Boy by Richard Wright
4.0
Holy cow, this book was intense. This is author Richard Wright's autobiography in its fullest form. Apparently when it was originally published it was only the first part as publishers were not keen on all of his communist talk.
Wright was hungry his whole life, both physically and symbolically. I am blown away that a poor, Black kid growing up in the south in the early 1900's with little schooling can write as eloquently as this.
It is an important book to read, and I never read it in school, so I'm glad I picked it up.
Wright was hungry his whole life, both physically and symbolically. I am blown away that a poor, Black kid growing up in the south in the early 1900's with little schooling can write as eloquently as this.
It is an important book to read, and I never read it in school, so I'm glad I picked it up.