In this work, the elevator operator Shorty charges 25 cents for men to kick him in the rear in order to get money for lunch. Mr. Olin, the foreman of an optical company, tries to trick the protagonist of this work into fighting Harrison. In this work, Granny and Aunt Addie berate the author of a story called “The Voodoo of Hell’s Half-Acre” for going against Seventh-Day Adventism. This work begins with a young child being (*) beaten for lighting a curtain on fire, leading his family to move to Tennessee. The last sections of this work, which described a rocky relationship with Chicago Communists and were titled American Hunger, were removed for the Book-of-the-Month club. For 10 points, name this memoir about moving from Mississippi to Memphis to Chicago, by Richard Wright. ■END■
ANSWER: Black Boy
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