Title:
Black boy [sound recording] / Richard Wright.
ISBN:
9780060763527
Personal Author:
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
[New York] : Harper Audio, [2005]
℗2005
Physical Description:
15 audio discs (15.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.
Contents:
Disc 1. Caedmon presents Black boy -- Part one: Southern night -- I could not withstand the tugging -- One morning my brother and I -- As the days slid past -- One summer afternoon -- Disc 2. "Eat your soup..." -- Miss Simon tried to win my confidence -- Chapter 2 -- I trembled -- "I mean, do the white folks..." -- Disc 3. "Sit down or you'll fall out!" -- A few days later -- Again, after an undetermined stretch of time -- When my mother and Aunt Maggie came home -- She took Betsy into the house -- One evening I heard a tale -- Disc 4. Chapter 3 -- We were now large enough -- Out of the family conferences -- I spent another sleepless, shivering night -- I did not re-enter school -- Disc. 5. Chapter 4 -- I did not move -- One day at noon -- Immediately following the boy's visit -- Chapter 5.
(Cont.) Disc 6. In my class was a tall, black, rebellious boy -- School ended -- Granny prayed -- Chapter 6 -- Disc. 7. On the last night of the revival -- From one boy to another he went -- Chapter 7 -- The eight grade days -- Chapter 8 -- The school term ended -- Disc 8. Chapter 9 -- I said nothing -- From then on they changed toward me -- Chapter 10 -- I was afraid to go to work -- During the first afternoon -- Disc 9. Chapter 11 -- I went to my room -- I disengaged my hand -- Chapter 12 -- Other Negroes worked in the building -- Disc 10. One summer morning -- Finally he looked at me -- Chapter 13 -- Whenever I brought a book to the job -- Chapter 14.
(Cont.) Disc 11. Part two: The horror and the glory -- The solve this tangle of balked emotion -- After an idle week -- Tillie, the Finnish cook -- I would write -- Disc. 12. Chapter 16 -- This "gambling" method -- In speaking they rolled their 'R's" -- Chapter 17 -- Christmas came -- Disc 13. The feud that went on -- We righted the tiers -- Chapter 18 -- Later I learned what had happened -- Chapter 19 -- Disc 14. I sat one morning -- I continued to take notes -- The spring of 1935 -- Ed Green stood for a fraction of a second -- There was silence -- Disc. 15. I attended the next unit meeting -- What a waste of talent -- No one spoke to me -- Chapter 20.
Summary:
Autobiography of a black youth growing up in the South detailing the fear, hunger and oppression which prevailed and the author's brutal, furious reaction to it.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.4 22.0 12777.
Reading Counts RC High School 8.5 27 Quiz: 13295 Guided reading level: Z.
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
Audience:
950L Lexile
Performer:
Performed by Peter Francis James.
OCLC Number:
ocm57565915
Availability:
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