Understanding Richard Wright's Black Boy: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical DocumentsIn Black Boy, Richard Wright triumphs over an ugly, racist world by fashioning an inspiring, powerful, beautiful, and fictionalized autobiography. To help students understand and appreciate his story in the cultural, political, racial, social, and literary contexts of its time, this casebook provides a rich source of primary historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary. The selection of unique documents is designed to place in sharp relief the issue of pervasive racism in American society. Documents include excerpts from other autobiographies and a novel, legal documents, speeches, an interview, an anthropological study, magazine and newspaper articles, and contemporary editorials. Most of the documents are available in no other printed form. |
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... situation must have seemed hopeless to a bright , highly sensi- tive young black man , particularly one who was intellectual by na- ture .... I do remember blacks were , quietly , making progress financially even in the grim conditions ...
... situation , generally speaking ; bears no malice ; cherishes no ill will or resentment , and is cheerful under conditions to which the white man refuses to reconcile himself . This adaptability of the negro has an immediate bearing on ...
... situation , generally speaking ; bears no malice ; cherishes no ill will or resentment , and is cheerful under conditions to which the white man refuses to reconcile himself . This adaptability of the negro has an immediate bearing on ...
Contents
The Autobiographical Tradition | 15 |
The American Dream of Success | 55 |
The Dream Deferred | 87 |
Copyright | |
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Understanding Richard Wright's Black Boy: A Student Casebook to Issues ... Robert Felgar Limited preview - 1998 |
Understanding Richard Wright's Black Boy: A Student Casebook to Issues ... Robert Felgar No preview available - 1998 |