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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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With the man's connections, his second son was at birth the first black boy to be registered in the elite school.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

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

He painted a black boy in Boy Scout uniform and a phalanx of black girls auditioning for dance parts at a casting call.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020

Hardly a minute later the black boy left the shop.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

When asked why she was so fascinated by The Black Boy, she said walks past it "very often in this museum and it's just such an incredible portrait".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024

“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

That is the safest guide, but if you want to know which of the pair is my favourite I may tell you it's Black Boy.

From The Second String by Gould, Nat