Used item. I did not see any writing nor highlighting on any pages when I just flipped through the book. There may be something that I missed because I didn't look too hard, but it seems to be in good condition.

Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright.  Depicting Wright's life in great detail, the book tells the story of his troubled youth and race relations in the South.  It is about the many strugles that a person of his race must go through in order to survive in the early 1900's.  In the story, Richard is a non religious child who grows up in a racist world.  He must overcome those strugles in order to bring himself and loved family members to the north.  There he becomes involved with the comunist party.  Also in the story, Richard is a very lonely person which allows him to realize the many advantages of reading books.

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