Comin in Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody was the daughter of poor African-American sharecroppers. Moody grew up in and around Centreville, where she attended segregated schools. She became an activist in the civil rights movement. In 1963, she was one of three young people who staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson. While becoming disenchanted with certain aspects of the civil rights movement, Moody moved to New York City, where she began to write her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, which was published in 1968. The book has received several national awards.

Anne tells the story of her struggles and triumphs in this rural Mississippi town. She talks about racism from a child's perspective. Moody never thought of herself as a writer, but rather as a civil rights activist. However, throughout Moody's life she has won many awards and honors for her literary accomplishments. CORE stands for the Congress of Racial Equality. Like several of the other organizations mentioned in the book, this one is not defined. However, the reader can deduce that the group's mission is to work towards the equality of all blacks. Anne works for them to increase voter registration among blacks in order to effect change.

The subject of the autobiography is Moody's given name is Essie Mae, though she goes by Anne. Anne's father. Moody deserts too sweet for Florence. Anne goes to live with him after she leaves too sweet. Anne's grandfather. Grandfather Moody is regretful of his son's abandonment of Anne's family, and so he gives them money from the pouch around his waist.

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