Author: WRIGHT, R[ICHARD],
Title: Black Boy. A record of childhood and youth. FIRST printingm[Forum Books Edition].
Description: Cleveland and New York, World Publishing Company, 1947. Small 8°. Orig. cloth, dustjacket. 228pp. Inroductory note, list of author's other publications on verso of f.e.p., paper-cut portrait of author, taken from a dutch newspaper with caption in dutch, pasted on recte of f.e.p., fairly large review of the book taken from a dutch newspaper, with large portrait at top loosely inserted. Autobiography, being author's childhood and youth in america's deep south, incl. his experiences on racial discrimination, the fear for white racist movements. A good copy in orig. publ. cloth, WITH dustjacket. (dustjacket with light wear to extremities, tear near tail of spine skilfully restored with clearview acid-free tape).

Keywords: usa american literature autobiog slavery suppression human rights raphy history life deep south racism racial discrimination negroes black africans immigrants africa