Search Results for: Richard Wright And The Library Card

As boy in the segregated South, author Richard Wright was determined to borrow books from the public library. His story illustrates the power of determination i

Based on a experience from Wright's autobiography, Black Boy, the 17-year-old African American, borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a t

As boy in the segregated South, young Richard Wright--now a noted American author--was determined to borrow books from the public library. Named a Smithsonian m

The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books. Four humorous, poignant stories about how books changed th

A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm