Richard Wright and the library card

Type

Book

Authors

Miller, William

ISBN 13

9781880000885

Tags

African Americans, African American Boys, books, reading, Interracial Friendship, Interracial, libraries, Library Cards, racism

Abstract

A fictionalized account of an important episode in Richard Wright's life, based on a scene from his autobiography, Black boy. The 17-year-old, unable to get a library card for himself due to racism, borrows a white man's card and reads voraciously, changing his life in the process.

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