Black Boy is a book written by Richard Wright. This novel is one of many books by the same author which are now included into standard high school literature and required reading for English courses.
The book was published in 1945 and it is a memoir from the author, one which follows his childhood and his young adulthood. It focuses on him from the age of four when he set fire inside of his grandmother’s house and escalated from there as he rebelled against the strict religious women in his life and the men who were nothing but unnecessarily violent men in his life. He struggles and as the reader, you do too. Take part in one of our great quizzes today to find out more.
