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Wright's semi-autobiographical Black Boy ( 1945 ) described his early life from Roxie through his move to Chicago, his clashes with his Seventh-day Adventist family, his troubles with white employers and social isolation.

American Hunger, published posthumously in 1977, was originally intended as the second volume of Black Boy.

The Library of America edition restored it to that form.