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  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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How can a black boy be fearless in America, Bernadette asks, and answers: What follows for John is a warped upbringing of parental favoritism mixed with cruelly rigorous training.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But who was the particular black boy portrayed on the pub in Killay?

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022

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

With every atom of my being, I beg this in order that not only may this black boy live, but that we ourselves may not die!”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Black Boy Lane is thought to have been named after a pub in the late 17th Century.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2023

“He had two back to back concerts today and his Black Boy Autistic Joy was infectious and on full display!”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

"The crowd is solid, it's like I said," I said to my friend and mentee, Koni, while sitting backstage at the venue for the hometown Baltimore launch of my newest book, "Black Boy Smile."

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2022

In eighth grade, she read Black Boy, 1984, and Slaughterhouse-Five.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2021

There was nothing sensational about these transactions, and when one or two questions were asked he merely replied that he was backing Lucky Boy for Barry Tuxford, and Black Boy for himself.

From The Second String by Nat Gould

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