Coming of Age in Mississippi is a non-fiction autobiography and memoir of Anne Moody, and her life growing up as a female African-American during the mid-1900's. Anne Moody, born Essie Mae Moody, was born September 15, 1940, just outside Centreville, Mississippi. The book covers Moody's life from the childhood through her mid-twenties, including her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement beginning when she was a student at the historically black Tougaloo College.
Moody's autobiography details her struggles both against racism among white people and sexism among her fellow civil rights activists. It received many positive reviews and won awards from the National Library Association and the National Council of Christians and Jews. Moody grew up on a farm with her family, as they were poor sharecroppers, before they move into a town in order for her to begin the school.
Anne Moody understands that there is a difference between the white and black people early on as she grows up in the town. Yet, she continues living a somewhat blissful life during the years of grade school. When Moody begins high school, so does her interest and fight for rights for the colored. A black boy is tortured and killed by white people for whistling flirtatiously towards a white woman, and Moody is left shocked.
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
Overview
Unable to live with the violence and poverty that is part of black life in the early 20th-century South, Anne Moody becomes a civil rights activist. Her autobiography captures her personal struggles with racism and recalls the triumphs and setbacks of the civil rights movement.
Personal Transformation
Moody works hard to transcend poverty, racism, and sexism while growing up.
White Violence & Emmett Till
Moody becomes an activist after the lynching of Emmett Till, a black teen.
We Shall Overcome?
Violent opposition makes Moody wonder if the civil rights movement will succeed.
Key Organizations
Core
Congress of Racial Equality; organized efforts to register black voters and integrate services like buses in the South
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; focused on legal challenges to segregation and voting rights restrictions
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; mobilized black youth to participate in civil rights demonstrations like sit-ins.
Themes
Struggle of social Change
Trapped in old ways, white and black southemera resist change.
Racism as Violence
Physical and psychological aggression reinforce segregation.
Poverty's Oppression
The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, Moody was barred from her hometown when she became a civil rights activist. Coming of Age in Mississippi is her honest, critical account of southern society and the civil rights movement. She later moved to New York and worked in campus activism and community counseling.
Author
ANNE MOODY1940-2015
Dashner is best known for his page-turning, action-packed, young adult series, including the Jimmy Fincher series and The Maze Runner series. Inspired by movies and Stephen King’s novels, Dashner always wanted to be a writer and pursued a writing career after being an accountant.
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Overview
Unable to live with the violence and poverty that is part of black life in the early 20th-century South, Anne Moody becomes a civil rights activist. Her autobiography captures her personal struggles with racism and recalls the triumphs and setbacks of the civil rights movement.
We Shall Overcome?
White Violence & Emmett Till
Personal Transformation
SNCC
NAACP
Core
Violent opposition makes Moody wonder if the civil rights movement will succeed.
Moody becomes an activist after the lynching of Emmett Till, a black teen.
Moody works hard to transcend poverty, racism, and sexism while growing up.
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; mobilized black youth to participate in civil rights demonstrations like sit-ins.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; focused on legal challenges to segregation and voting rights restrictions
Congress of Racial Equality; organized efforts to register black voters and integrate services like buses in the South
Key Organizations
Trapped in old ways, white and black southemera resist change.
Struggle of social Change
Physical and psychological aggression reinforce segregation.
Racism as Violence
Themes
The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, Moody was barred from her hometown when she became a civil rights activist. Coming of Age in Mississippi is her honest, critical account of southern society and the civil rights movement. She later moved to New York and worked in campus activism and community counseling.
Poverty's Oppression
ANNE MOODY1940-2015
Dashner is best known for his page-turning, action-packed, young adult series, including the Jimmy Fincher series and The Maze Runner series. Inspired by movies and Stephen King’s novels, Dashner always wanted to be a writer and pursued a writing career after being an accountant.
Author
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Overview
Unable to live with the violence and poverty that is part of black life in the early 20th-century South, Anne Moody becomes a civil rights activist. Her autobiography captures her personal struggles with racism and recalls the triumphs and setbacks of the civil rights movement.
Personal Transformation
Moody works hard to transcend poverty, racism, and sexism while growing up.
White Violence & Emmett Till
Moody becomes an activist after the lynching of Emmett Till, a black teen.
We Shall Overcome?
Violent opposition makes Moody wonder if the civil rights movement will succeed.
Key Organizations
Core
Congress of Racial Equality; organized efforts to register black voters and integrate services like buses in the South
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; focused on legal challenges to segregation and voting rights restrictions
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; mobilized black youth to participate in civil rights demonstrations like sit-ins.
Themes
Struggle of social Change
Trapped in old ways, white and black southemera resist change.
Racism as Violence
Physical and psychological aggression reinforce segregation.
Poverty's Oppression
The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, Moody was barred from her hometown when she became a civil rights activist. Coming of Age in Mississippi is her honest, critical account of southern society and the civil rights movement. She later moved to New York and worked in campus activism and community counseling.
Author
ANNE MOODY1940-2015
Dashner is best known for his page-turning, action-packed, young adult series, including the Jimmy Fincher series and The Maze Runner series. Inspired by movies and Stephen King’s novels, Dashner always wanted to be a writer and pursued a writing career after being an accountant.
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