'Black Boy' is a memoir of a young African-American boy in the American South. The book was published in 1945 and became a classic of American literature.
The story is told from the point of view of a child who does not fully understand the weight of his race. It is the story of someone who insists on being an own life, even though the wind blows hurricane-forcely against him. It's a story of a boy who finds his path of salvation and that route leads him to Chicago.