All+Black+Boy


 * CHARACTERS

Richard Wright** - Author, narrator, and protagonist of //Black Boy.// Grows up with a somewhat violent family.He find his passion in reading and writing. Even though he remains isolated from his environment and friends, at the end of the story Richard acceptd himself. **Aunt Maggie** - Ella’s sister. Gives Ella and her kids a place to live when they are in a tough situation. **Uncle Clark** - One of Ella’s brothers. Uncle Clark briefly gives Richard a place to live after his mother becomes ill. He really cares for Richard. **Uncle Tom** - Another of Ella’s brothers. Like Aunt Addie, Uncle Tom finds ways to humiliate Richard. .
 * Ella Wright** - Richard’s mother. Tough on Richard, but loves him. She is not afraid to beat him when she feels it's right.She falls into ill health and becoming partially paralyzed.
 * Granny** - Richard’s grandmother. Granny is a very strict Seventh-Day Adventist. She thinks Richard is sinful and has little tolerance for him. Due to her partially white ancestry, she looks somewhat white. [|.]
 * Alan** - Richard’s younger brother.
 * Aunt Addie** - One of Ella’s sisters. Addie lives at home with Granny in Jackson, Mississippi. She teaches at the church Richard briefly attends. She humiliates him as well.
 * Nathan Wright** - Richard’s father. He beats Richard at the start of the story. He abandons the family as well.
 * Uncle Hoskins** - Maggie’s first husband. Local whites murder Hoskins when they grow jealous of his profitable saloon.
 * “Professor” Matthews** - Maggie’s second husband. The “Professor” is an outlaw and, when he begins to see Maggie, he visits only at night. After he apparently kills a white woman, he and Maggie flee to Detroit. He eventually abandons Maggie.