Anne Moody

Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi" was altogether insightful into the life of an African-American raised in the deep south during the civil rights movement. It gave us a look at what many sacrificed in order to achieve civil rights for all. I believe this book achieved its goal of telling of one woman's struggle for her basic rights in a hostile environment.

This book begins with the life of its author. She starts out as basically a slave child on a farm in Mississippi. She tells of her parent’s lives, how they went to the fields at sun up and came back from them at sundown. She describes her abusive cousin, George Lee, and tells of a few traumatic childhood experiences. She goes on describing where her mother and fathers marital problems began, which leads to their separation and her father moving in with another woman. This is where her hardships begin for her. Throughout her childhood she is a timid, poor little girl who is afraid to even ask her mother questions about what is going on around her. Anne tells of their staple diet, beans and bread, which was just enough to keep her alive. I cannot possibly imagine what it is like to be on the brink of starvation. Although a tim

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During her first year at Tougaloo she became involved in the local chapter of the NAACP. After Anne had left the Movement for a while she returns to Canton, the city which most of her protesting took place, after being in New Orleans for a few months.

This book is very powerful in teaching of the Civil Rights Movement. Through these trying times she the keeps faith fairly consistent, but she still had her moments of doubts and pain. That summer she went to New Orleans and worked in a chicken plant.

Through Anne’s book, it is sad to learn of the many blacks in which accepted the abuse they received and did nothing about it. One Sunday afternoon Anne sits down with Mrs. Anne Moody’s personal experiences likely mirror problems that all blacks in the south suffered from during that time period.

This book gave the insight into the life of a civil rights activist in the south. Her involvement in CORE and the NAACP help her to develop into the civil rights activist we know her as today. This house seems like a mansion compared to what they had been living in. From this point on Anne becomes totally involved in the civil rights movement with little if no time away from it. Rice and was told of the countless butchering of blacks by whites in the South. It talks of her arrest, of struggling just to get food, and of the many threats and close calls which she lived through.

Approximate Word count = 1464
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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