Praise for Coming of Age in Mississippi “A history of our time, seen from the bottom up, through the eyes of someone who decided for herself that things had to be changed . . . a timely reminder that we cannot now relax.”—Senator ...
The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement--a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one...
... the National Director of NAACP , and Medgar Evers were arrested as they picketed in front of Woolworth's . Theldon Henderson , a Negro lawyer who worked for the Justice Department , and had been sent down from Washington to investigate ...
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South.
Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story-the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it.