More than ever, this realization appeared to inspire her to succeed as much as possible in hopes to improve her position in the world. Besides developing into a prosperous civil rights activist, Moody was influenced by this incident to achieve many accomplishments such as receiving all A's and B's throughout school, learning to play the piano, becoming Homecoming Queen, keeping numerous jobs, receiving a basketball scholarship to Natchez Junior College, and eventually graduating from Tougaloo College. During this time, many African-American citizens also began to push themselves to succeed in school, work, and daily life. As Moody and other African-Am
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