![]() ![]() She also participated in a Woolworth’s sit-in on May 28th, 1963 (where blacks would sit at the white portion of a restaurant and ask for service, and stayed even when it was refused). She engaged in the Civil Rights Movement early, helping to create and organize the Congress of Racial Equality. She ended up transferring to Tougaloo College. She graduated in 1959, and received a scholarship to play basketball at Natchez Junior College. Born to two young sharecroppers and the oldest of many of her siblings, Moody was burdened with a heavy sense of responsibility at a young age and in turn, was forced to mature very quickly. ![]() The autobiography also addresses her struggles with racism among white people, along with the sexism she encountered from her allied civil rights advocates.Įssie May Moodie, who would become Anne Moody, was born on September 15th, 1940, outside of Centreville, Mississippi. It encompasses Moody’s life from her childhood to her mid 20’s, the most impactful and important part being her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement which began while she was a student at Tougaloo College had been known to be predominantly black. ![]() ![]() ‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’ is a book written by Anne Moody that details her life as a black woman in rural Mississippi during the mid-20th century. ![]()
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