Black boy (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth Wright, Richard 1908-1960 creator author. Wideman, John Edgar author of foreword. Wright, Malcolm author of afterword. text biography Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. nyu 2020 75th anniversary edition. monographic eng print xvi, 425, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common law. This is the author's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright. "The restored text established by the Library of America." "... originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 in a volume entitled Richard Wright: Later works that also included The Outsider" -- Title page verso. Wright, Richard 1908-1960 Childhood and youth Wright, Richard 1908-1960 Homes and haunts Mississippi Authors, American Homes and haunts Mississippi Authors, American 20th century Biography African American authors Biography African Americans Mississippi Social life and customs Mississippi Social conditions Mississippi Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black Wright, Richard 1908-1960 African American authors African Americans Social life and customs Authors, American Authors, American Homes and haunts Homes Social conditions Mississippi 1900-1999 fast 9780062964137 0062964135 TOH 191223 20220408180544.9 in00004562723 eng