Author: Richard Wright
Genre: Classic, Memoir
Blurb: 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.
Me: With Black Boy, Richard Wright just absolutely took the title of my favorite writer about anything related to race. Incredible.
