1. Malcolm X and Coming of Age in Mississippi
Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiographical novel by Anne Moody that chronicles her life as the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. ... The conk hairstyle, which is the hairstyle that Malcolm has while he is hustling in Boston, is the epitome of self-degradation as a black man, and [he] had joined the multitude of Negro men and women who believe that the black people are inferiorand the white people superior (Malcolm 91). ... Malcolm leaves home at an early age and lives in Boston with his half sister, where he begins to hustle the streets, run brothels, sell drugs and comm...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate