Autobiography by Anne Moody did you know Anne Moody. Coming of Age in Mississippi - Anne Moody - Google Books. Through the NAACP and later through CORE and SNCC she has first-hand experience of the demonstrations and sit-ins that were the mainstay of the civil rights movement, and the arrests and jailings, the shotguns, fire hoses, police dogs, billy clubs and deadly force that were used to destroy it.Ī deeply personal story but also a portrait of a turning point in our nation's destiny, this autobiography lets us see history in the making, through the eyes of one of the footsoldiers in the civil rights movement. Civil Rights and Protest Literature from Coming of Age in Mississippi. But now there was…the fear of being killed just because I was black.' In that moment was born the passion for freedom and justice that would change her life.Īn all-A student whose dream of going to college is realized when she wins a basketball scholarship, she finally dares to join the NAACP in her junior year. Coming of Age in Mississippi - Arkansas Tech UniversityThe Jackson Sit-In By Anne Moody From Coming of Age in Mississippi I had become veryfriendly with my social science pr of essor, John Salter, who was in chargeESSAY ON COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI FIRST, READ CAREFULLY.

Before then, she had 'known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook free. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till's lynching. Listen to 'Coming of Age in Mississippi' by Anne Moody available from Rakuten Kobo. Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South.

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