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A review by mwatts168
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody
5.0
Boy did this book tug my heart..... This book was a real, eloquent, and human story of growing up in the south. It is a story that is common, but not discussed.
Anne Moody has become one of my heroes. We need to celebrate the women of the civil rights movement, something I don't see enough of.
I liked this because it showed how everyone has flaws. She talks about her family growing up. The doesn't just discuss tensions between African Americans and oppressors, but tensions among the African American community. Moody struggled with herself and hurt her mother while leading the movement, putting her family in danger.
I posted about this previously, but this book exposed me to things that African Americans went through that I was ignorant to. I'm sure many can relate to this, we should look at this and reevaluate how seriously (or in this case, not serious) we take the civil rights movement and the long history of systemic oppression of minorities.
Shoutout to the free book cart for giving me one of my new favorite books!
Anne Moody has become one of my heroes. We need to celebrate the women of the civil rights movement, something I don't see enough of.
I liked this because it showed how everyone has flaws. She talks about her family growing up. The doesn't just discuss tensions between African Americans and oppressors, but tensions among the African American community. Moody struggled with herself and hurt her mother while leading the movement, putting her family in danger.
I posted about this previously, but this book exposed me to things that African Americans went through that I was ignorant to. I'm sure many can relate to this, we should look at this and reevaluate how seriously (or in this case, not serious) we take the civil rights movement and the long history of systemic oppression of minorities.
Shoutout to the free book cart for giving me one of my new favorite books!