black boy

/ ˈblækˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. another name for grass tree

Black Boy

1. (1945) An autobiographical novel by the African-American author Richard Wright , portraying racial conflicts in the rural South.

Example Sentences

The facts do not cease to matter merely because a white cop killed a black boy.

From The Daily Beast

That day, Jesse Coleman, a 12-year-old black boy, and his older brother and sister were walking back to their home in Dorchester.

From The Daily Beast

Ask some, even when a black boy happens to not have been shot dead lately.

From The Daily Beast

Not bad, as he likes to say, "for a little gay, black boy from Oakland."

From The Daily Beast

That same black boy is seven times more likely to be imprisoned in his lifetime than a white boy.

From The Daily Beast

Lloyd and Graham have both been down with “belly belong him” (Black Boy speech).

From Project Gutenberg

“Et moi—Cupidon,” finished the little black boy, running up, and then retreating as fast back into his corner.

From Project Gutenberg

He called a black boy, who presently brought round a miserable cart drawn by two skeleton ponies.

From Project Gutenberg

I can lead one, my black boy can ride another and lead the third.

From Project Gutenberg

One of them is a woman kneading bread; another is a black boy sitting on a pony, with a basket of fruit in front of him.

From Project Gutenberg