Coming Of Age In Mississippi

Part I of Essay
Civil Rights activist, Anne Moody was born in rural Wilkinson County, Mississippi in 1940. Anne Moody grew up on a plantation were her parents where sharecroppers. Her autobiography, , details the suffering of growing up in a racist society. Her account of her life starts ....

Part II of Essay
.... know why, whites went to other schools, and why she couldn’t tutor whites who needed help. She also wanted to understand why blacks were being mistreated, beat, and even killed for no other reason but their color. The event in Anne’s childhood followed her into adolescence. Anne’s challenging spirit was growing. This caused a bad relationship with her mother; she wanted Anne to just follow those before her. She began to hear of blacks that were standing up for themselves and about the civil rights movement. By high school Anne was fed up ....