Coming of age in Mississippi.

Description:

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. In this now classic autobiography, she details the sights, smells, and suffering of growing up in a racist society and candidly reveals the soul of the black girl who had the courage to challenge it. The result is a touchstone work: an accurate, authoritative portrait of black family life in the rural South and a moving account of a woman's indomitable spirit.

subjects: African American girls,  African Americans,  Biography,  Childhood and youth,  Race relations,  Social conditions,  Civil rights,  Suffrage,  Correspondence, reminiscences,  History,  Civil rights workers,  1000blackgirlbooks,  African americans, mississippi,  Mississippi, biography,  African americans, biography,  Coming of age,  Juvenile literature

People: Anne Moody (1940-2015)

Places: Mississippi

Times: 20th century