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• black boy
  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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Example Sentences

For Darren, the research brings "black history and Swansea into closer contact than I ever imagined", but still does not reveal the identity of the black boy from his childhood.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2022

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

A tall black boy stood sweating, panting, and shaking his head.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright