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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

In the film there's a scene where a young black boy who had earlier ripped a poster of Hansie off his wall is seen fixing it back together.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

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

Was he the first black boy to be killed?

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“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

Wales has at least two other Black Boy pubs.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022

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

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2021

Black Boy was quiet, but his stable mate was restless, and lashed out freely.

From The Second String by Nat Gould

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