Many events in Anne Moody's life led up to the final conclusion of the book. She begins with her childhood by describing the tiny houses her family had lived in, children left by themselves because parents have to work, and her housecleaning jobs after-school that she began at the age of nine to help her family eat. Throughout all of this hardship during her childhood she stays motivated and earns scholarships to put herself through college. Through all of this, her thoughts are continuously consumed with the racism and discrimination that surrounds her.
She describes finding her own name on a Ku Klux Klan wanted list, seeing a boy beaten as FBI agents watch from across the street, and hearing of murders - Emmet Till, Medgar Evars, John F. Kennedy, as well as her own uncle. She lives her life knowing she can no longer return safely to her hometown and feels estranged from family members who do not share her passionate commitment to fight racism.
At the conclusion of the book we are left with Anne, as well as many other activists for equal rights, who have left on a bus to go to Washington D.C. to testify at the COFO hearings. Their mission was to finally gain equal rights once and for all after all of the battling they had done over many years. However, on the bus Anne didn't seem as energized about the idea as the others who continually sang uplifting Negro songs. The images of all that had happened during her years as an activist were running through her mind. She wasn't sure how to answer to those who were asking her if things were actually going to get straightened out in Washington D.C. She only left us with the thought, "I wonder. I really wonder.".
There are many events in Anne's life that could lead her to wonder what will really happen as they left to testify in Washington D.C. It is possible that if some of the events in her life didn't happen it may have altered her end conclusion.
Coming of Age in Mississippi is the autobiography of an African American woman growing up in a racist south in the mid 1900s. ... The book portrays her fight from when she was a small child on a plantation farm until she became a great civil rights leader in Mississippi. ... It shows life in a Mississippi town during the civil rights movement of the 1940's and 1950's. ...
Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiographical novel by Anne Moody that chronicles her life as the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. ... In Coming of Age in Mississippi, Moody notes that the tone of the skin color of a black person determines their treatment from other blacks and the white community. ... Both autobiographies can be seen as a bildungsroman or coming of age story. ... In Coming of Age in Mississippi, Moody moves from the mindset of an oppressed black in rural Mississippi to an enlightened college student who is working in the Civil Rights Movement and attempti...
Running head: COMING OF AGE Coming of Age in Mississippi Coming of Age in Mississippi Anne Moody grew up in an environment heavily plagued with segregation. ... Despite her mother's pleading her not to, she participated in demonstrations throughout Mississippi. ... While in New Orleans, Anne missed her work in Mississippi and soon went back to continue her work with the SNCC. When Anne returned to Mississippi at the end of this book, she immediately left again to go to Washington. ...
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody is the story of her life as a poor black girl growing into adulthood. ... This is what has been most valuable from reading Coming of Age in Mississippi. ... Moody taught me about what it felt like to be a Black activist risking her life to fight racism, to be exiled from her hometown, to fear and face punishment against her family for her activism and to be a civil rights worker in Mississippi. ...
The Coming of Age in Mississippi, is the autobiography of Anne Moody's life and personal of her experience growing up poor in the south. The story is about a young black woman coming of age and the racism she encountered in the southern town of Centerville, Mississippi. ... The setting of her story is in Mississippi during the 1950's and 1960's. ...
Anne Moody's autobiography, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," delivers certain messages and history that most people, still to this day, tend to ignore. In this autobiography, Moody exposes her fight against racial segregation during the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. ... In chapter ten, Moody starts high school with a new insight into the life of Negroes in Mississippi. ... Chapter ten and eleven's passage led me to choosing my second song titled, "Mississippi Goddam," by Nina Simone. ... Overall, Coming of Age in Mississippi gives us a better understanding of racial ...
Anne Moody's autobiography, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," delivers certain messages and history that most people, still to this day, tend to ignore. In this autobiography, Moody exposes her fight against racial segregation during the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. ... In chapter ten, Moody starts high school with a new insight into the life of Negroes in Mississippi. ... Chapter ten and eleven's passage led me to choosing my second song titled, "Mississippi Goddam," by Nina Simone. ... Overall, Coming of Age in Mississippi gives us a better understanding of racial ...
Socialization Agents of Coming of Age in Mississippi The title of Anne Moody's autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, suggests an ongoing process of socialization. The most important socialization agent would be Anne's family. I believe this because family is the most important factor in a ...
Book Review Title of Book: Coming Of Age In Mississippi Author: Anne Moody Publication Date: 1968 Publisher: Dell Publishing Source: Dr. Katherine Abbott Audience Age/Grade: Young Adult Genre: Strong Female Character Curriculum Connections: Civil Rights Movement, Racism, Determination, 1960s History and Survival Summary: The story introduces the reader to the character of Anne Moody, also known as Essie, her family, and a source of several famous characters such as M...
Life in the 1950's and 60's Coming of Age in Mississippi, is basically Anne Moody's autobiography from the beginning of her life, into a family of poor black share-croppers through High School, College, and finally her very active involvement in the Civil Rights movement in the 50's and 60's.This powerful and very informative autobiography from Anne Moody vividly documents the discrimination many African Americans had to face in the South in the 1950s. ... Her passionate fight against racism encounters many obstacles, such as finding her name on a KKK "wanted" list,...
