num_pages: 419
description: 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.
language: English
title: Black Boy
titlecomplete: Black Boy
genres: Classics, Autobiography, History, Race, African American, Biography, School, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 53046
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics