richard wright black boy (1945)

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In the memoir Black Boy (1940), Richard Wright documents his efforts to find relief from the political, economic, and social terror he experiences growing up in the U.S. South in the first decades of the 20th century. In a 5-6 page paper, explain what about the Jim Crow social system made it impossible for Wright to remain in the south. Assess whether or not Wright was able to find the relief he sought in Chicago.

source: richard wright black boy (1945) Harper & Brothers

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Richard Wright: Black Boy - Outline
Thesis statement: At the eve of 20th Century, Wright’s in the novel shows the uneasiness
between the African – Americans and the white Americans
A. what about the Jim Crow social system made it impossible for Wright to remain in the
south?
i.

Wright felt that he was a victim of racial discrimination and prejudice

ii. Just like many African – Americans by then, Wright's parents were extremely poor
iii. The whites developed various strategies to prevent blacks from acquiring American
citizenship
iv. Wright shows that the Jim Crows era was the main reason behind the poor relationships
between African-American and the Euro- Americans
v. Jim Crows laws were a collection of state and local statutes which made legal racial
segregation and oppression.
vi. Jim Crow's laws made punishments for black Americans very brutal
vii. Jim Crow's laws began in 1830
viii.

Jim Crow period was a violation of the freedom announced by Abraham Lincoln

ix. The judiciary even complicated the situation further by issuing rules which negatively
restricted blacks on matters of elections.

B. whether or not Wright was able to find the relief he sought in Chicago

i. He managed to secure a job as a postal clerk in Chicago which would have been
impossible in Mississippi

ii. He later joined the communist party in 1933 as a revolutionary poet writing various
democratic poems
iii. During this period, there was a great migration of people to Chicago in search of higher
wages and relief from racial oppression.


Running head: RICHARD WRIGHT BLACK BOY

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RICHARD WRIGHT BLACK BOY
Richard Wright: Black Boy
At the eve of 20th Century, Wright’s in the novel shows the uneasiness between the
African – Americans and the white Americans. The novel is an autobiography of the writer's
early life showing painful encounters he faced growing as black in the American south.
Throughout his life, Wright felt that he was a victim of racial discrimination and prejudice. He
encountered serious cases of racial abuse in his hometown of Mississippi.
Just like many African – Americans by then, Wright's parents were extremely poor and
his father deserted them while they were young. As young children, Wright and his younger
brother Leon were always hungry and were often left to look after themselves. The unskilled jobs
that his mother Ella Wright often had could not...


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