This incredible bestselling classic is Richard Wright's unforgettable and eloquent autobiography of growing up in the Jim Crow South.
Author: Richard Wright · Original publisher: Harper & Brothers, 1945 (original *Black Boy*); the full restored text combining *Black Boy* with the Chicago chapters (*American Hunger*, first published by Harper & Row, 1977) was first issued complete by the Library of America, 1991 (later/standard edition: Harper Perennial)
Tier 3 — Partial text + link. No text is hosted on Gary NOI. Read free: https://archive.org/details/record (Internet Archive lending copy — borrowable; IA item ID as recorded in Tranche A: record; no hosting rights). COORDINATOR CORRECTION (Tranche A): same 1945 Richard Wright work; still in U.S. copyright. Link only; do NOT host.
