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Black Boy Author: Richard Wright

Black Boy Author: Richard Wright. McKenzie Smelker. Born 1908 in Mississippi Wrote first short story when he was 15 P ublished first story in April 1931 One of the first African – Americans to receive literary fame 1947 moved to Paris for interracial marriage. Why it is a classic.

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Black Boy Author: Richard Wright

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  1. Black BoyAuthor: Richard Wright McKenzie Smelker

  2. Born 1908 in Mississippi • Wrote first short story when he was 15 • Published first story in April 1931 • One of the first African – Americans to receive literary fame • 1947 moved to Paris for interracial marriage

  3. Why it is a classic • Richard shows his individualism as an African- American growing up in such a racist time period • Standing up for what he believes in and becoming successful from it

  4. Modern time period • 1945 • Insights about culture: what it was like to be growing up African- American in such a racist time period • How many African- Americans ended up making a difference and what it resulted in • Extreme poverty and racial violence towards African- Americans • Insights about life: Truly fight for what you believe in and who you are

  5. Sources • “Richard Wright.biography.” Biography.com. A+E Television Networks, LLC. 1996. Web. 12 April 2013. • “Black Boy by Richard Wright.” ParkBenchesandBookEnds.com. 22 September 2012. Web. 12 April 2013. • Duffus Matthew. “Richard Wright.” The Mississippi Writers Page. The University of Mississippi English Department. Oct. 2007. Web. 12 April 2013. • Moskowitz Milton. “The Enduring Importance of Richard Wright.” The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2008. Web. 12 April 2013.

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