▁story ▁" The ▁Art ific ial ▁N igger ". ▁American ▁com ed ian ▁Dick ▁Gregory ▁used ▁the ▁word ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁aut obi ography , ▁written ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mov ement . ▁Gregory ▁comments ▁on ▁his ▁choice ▁of ▁title ▁in ▁the ▁book ' s ▁primary ▁dedic ation : ▁ ▁" if ▁ever ▁you ▁hear ▁the ▁word ▁" n igger " ▁again , ▁remember ▁they ▁are ▁advert ising ▁my ▁book . ▁Lab i ▁S iff re , ▁the ▁singer - song writer ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁"( Something ▁Inside ) ▁So ▁Str ong ", ▁entitled ▁his ▁first ▁book ▁of ▁poetry ▁simply ▁N igger ▁( X avier ▁Books ▁ 1 9 9 3 ). ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁n igger ▁in ▁older ▁literature ▁has ▁become ▁controvers ial ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁word ' s ▁modern ▁meaning ▁as ▁a ▁rac ist ▁ins ult . ▁ ▁H uck le berry ▁Finn ▁ ▁Mark ▁Tw ain ' s ▁novel ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁H uck le berry ▁Finn ▁( 1 8 8 5 ) ▁has ▁long ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁controvers y ▁for ▁its ▁ra cial ▁content . ▁H uck le berry ▁Finn ▁was ▁the ▁fifth ▁most ▁challeng ed ▁book ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Library ▁Association . ▁The ▁novel ▁is ▁written ▁from ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁and ▁largely ▁in ▁the ▁language , ▁of ▁H uck le berry ▁Finn , ▁an ▁un ed uc ated ▁white ▁boy , ▁who ▁is ▁dr ifting ▁down ▁the