Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody
Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody
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Coming of Age in Mississippi

Author: Anne Moody

Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Unabridged: 15 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/31/2012


Synopsis

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. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till's lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. 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.

An 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. 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.

A 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.

About Anne Moody

Anne Moody has written about her experiences growing up black in rural Mississippi, joining the Civil Rights movement, and fighting racism in the United States. In addition to her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, she is the author of Mr. Death: Four Stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas

3.5 stars Love Anne Moody's fierceness. I feel like we sometimes idealize activists in society without realizing that they too have doubts and flaws. Moody's memoir blends strength and vulnerability, showcasing her thirst for change as well as the frustrations she faced as a poor black woman who grew......more

Goodreads review by Doreen

A friend returned from a trip to Mississippi and bought me this book during her visit there. I looked forward to reading it because it promised an interesting first-hand perspective, that of Anne Moody, an insider in the civil rights movement or, as Sen. Edward Kennedy stated, "A history of our time......more