Black Boy CD"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives." New York Times Book Review Richard Wright 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

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