Black Boy ( 8O - 12O ]

Summary :
Richard makes some new friends in his new town. Richard and his friends all have the same feelings towards white people. Richard and his friends didn't quite understand why they had hostility towards the white people. Richard and his friends would fight the white boys. During one fight Richard got cut by glass, that he had to get stitches for. Richard's mother takes him to get the stitches but when she gets home with him, she beats him until he promises that he will never fight again. He tells his mother that he will never fight again but he lied to her. Richard's mother Ella becomes really sick, so she is no long able to work. So they attempt to find affordable apartments. Ella then has a stroke. Richard then writes Granny for help. Granny comes after a while and writes her children and lets then know whats going on and asks them to send some money, and they do. Later Granny takes Richard, his mother, and his brother to her home. When they arrive to Granny's home Richard begins to have nightmares and starts to sleep-walk, Granny helps him get rid the nightmares and the sleep-walking. Richards aunts and uncles decide that they are going to split up both Richard and his younger brother. They give Richard a chose to where he could live and he chose to live with his uncle, Clark.