![]() ![]() It also shows racism from the perspective of a child.Ĭivil rights activist Anne Moody was born in rural Wilkinson County, Mississippi on September 15, 1940. The book helps us to understand life in the South both before and during the Civil Rights Movement and shows the struggles and triumphs and also the enduring problems that came out of the Movement. Although Anne Moody is a gifted writer, we have listed her in the Civil Rights section because that is how she saw herself.Īnne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiographical book about life in Mississippi, the struggle of African Americans in the state and in the South, the life of a black child and woman in the South, and the role of race and racism in America. ![]() Through her vivid writing, we can get a glimpse of the violent racism African Americans faced in their daily lives in Mississippi, and the courage they had to fight for their basic rights. Her biographical work depicts life in Mississippi and the struggles of black people in the South during the Jim Crow Era. Anne Moody is a well known contemporary black native Mississippi author and civil rights leader. Anne Moody didn't just write about the civil rights, she lived it. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |