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specialk_3's review against another edition
4.0
Anne Moody was a force to be reckoned with. A strong independent woman. A role model for young women, who want to see a change in this country.
"After the sit in, all I could think of was how sick Mississippi whites were. They believed so much in the segregated Southern way of life, they would kill to preserve it."
"After the sit in, all I could think of was how sick Mississippi whites were. They believed so much in the segregated Southern way of life, they would kill to preserve it."
marlyons's review against another edition
4.0
I had to read this book for my first year in college. I thought I would hate this book and it was really thick. But this book turned out to be really good. It was crazy to think that America was so racial.
breahnaluera's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
ambrown's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.5
mkbrumley's review against another edition
5.0
Coming of Age in Mississippi is Anne Moody’s personal confession to what it was like to grow up in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement in the South. From her earliest memories to her last involvements with the Movement, Moody provides her audience with a very detailed, uncensored, diary of her experiences with racism and segregation. She, in grave detail, describes learning about segregation, feeling suffocated by segregation, and then finally finding the courage to take a stand against segregation.
chichi27's review against another edition
5.0
When I was an undergrad, all my professors assumed someone else had already assigned this book to me, and as a result, I never read. I'm glad I finally did, though, as its a really telling firsthand account of what it meant to grow up poor and Black girl in rural Mississippi as the Civil Rights Movement gained steam.
monarchbooks's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.0
Read this in a day and my mind feels warped honestly
faerieoftheforest's review against another edition
5.0
An incredibly powerful and poignant account of living in Mississippi during the 1960s. I have so much respect for civil rights activists like Moody, who tirelessly fought for Black rights even under the threat of incarceration and death. Her work with organizations such as NAACP, SNCC, and CORE led her to become alienated from most of her family, which was really heartbreaking, but it also allowed her to connect with many others who were just as angry as her and who were unafraid to challenge the existing circumstances and unjust violence against Black people.