A review by lanegard
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South by Anne Moody

5.0

A great autobiography that allows the reader to see through an African American woman's eyes in the 1950s and 60s. A raw, truth-telling book that bluntly portrays the racist agenda of the South and the struggle of being black in America. It calls our country out on its bullshit, it clearly identifies the ironies through the eyes of a child, a child who knows and understands the life she is going to be forced to live. I adored this book and the sad realization and wonder of "is it going to be better?". Being where we are now, it is easy to brush it off and say yes it got better, it's all good now. But to see it from a perspective of unknowing and to see the helplessness and slow fade of spirit from a girl who gave her whole life to the Movement is heartbreaking. Anne Moody is a hero for girls and all who support the abolishment of unjust notions.