As I was reading Coming of Age in Mississippi written by Anne Moody published in 1992 tears began to fall from my eyes. Anne Moody was born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi on September 15, 1940. She Attended Nachez Junior College on a basketball scholarship and later graduated from Tougaloo College with a B.S. (1964). During college, became involved in the Civil Rights Movement with organizations like the NAACP, CORE, and SNCC. She was involved in the famous integration of Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi. She later participated in the March on Washington when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. She married Austin Stratus and had one child, Sascha. Divorced in 1967. She later moved north, and became increasingly militant, when the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi seemed to be making little progress.

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody is the story of her life as a poor black girl growing into adulthood. It depicts life in a rural Mississippi town during the civil rights movement of the 1940's and 1950's. She overcomes obstacles such as discrimination and hunger as she struggles to survive childhood.

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In Reading Coming of Age in Mississippi the author main thesis is the story of her life, the hardship and how she managed to survive. The author talks about the unfair treatments that blacks have received because of their skin color. It described that blacks could only sit at the balcony enters through back door and also not to be seen as to smart. A smart "Niger" could think that they were better and get out of their place. The book is filled with several examples of this of the discrimination and racist that exited in the south. It is filled with the deep-rooted hate that existed between blacks and whites.

in character, Anne Moody, always sought a purpose for her life, while she struggled through life's hardships. The autobiography starts when Essie Mae is four years old and portrays her life up to age twenty-four at the end of the book. Essie Mae name changed to Anne when she was a senior in high school when her mom applies for a birth certificate. As a very independent black woman with an abiding faith in God, Moody held her head high through her youthful trials and struggles.

Education is important. I believe blacks need to uplift themselves up with education. When we have more education we are not going to accept anything. I believe that struggles are structure too many people have become comfortable with the status quota.

As I looked at Anna Moody I could see my life. Growing up poor barely having enough to sacrifice. I to have worked hard - anywhere that wo

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