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• black boy
  black boy

  noun

  another name for grass tree
• Black Boy
  Black Boy

  (1945) An autobiographical novel by the African-American author Richard Wright, portraying racial conflicts in the rural South.

black boy

British  

/ ˈblækˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. another name for grass tree

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Black Boy Cultural  

1. (1945) An autobiographical novel by the African-American author Richard Wright, portraying racial conflicts in the rural South.

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Example Sentences

A 12-year-old black boy whose song about the fears of being a young African American went viral has been signed by a major US record label.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2020

I had read an honest and stirring account Thorpe had written about his experiences as a young black boy growing up in a Hispanic home during the Rodney King riots.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2020

In Nashville, the police tweeted a photo of cops kneeling next to a black boy with a “Black Lives Matter” sign, smiling from behind their riot helmets.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2020

I knew exactly who it was: the other Davon Clark, the one who also happened to be a 20-something black boy, attending the same university, and, like me, wrestling and writing poetry.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020

Another black boy rolled from bed and stood up.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright