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Anne Moody wrote her memoir ''Coming of Age in Mississippi,'' in 1968. She used it to narrate how it was growing up in the rural Mississippi. Her focus was the mid-20th-century, African-American woman. It addresses her life from childhood until the late twenties. She included her participation in the Civil Rights Movement. The book details the struggles against racism. She also outlines the sexism she faced among her fellow activists. The activities began when she was a student at Tougaloo College.
Coming of Age in Mississippi has four sections. The title of the first one is ''Childhood.'' Moody recalls her life in the sad poverty of rural Mississippi. The conclusion has her first act of resistance to the racist southern racial codes. She displays her rebellion. However, her political awakening was when she hit her teenage years. That period is in the second segment of the book (Moody, 1968).
The title of Coming of Age in Mississippi's section section is ''High School.'' When she was in her first year of high school, there was the torture and murder of Emmett Till. The reason was that the 14-year-old black boy was flirting with a white woman. The act of injustice became a defining moment in Moody's life. She realized that the whites in Mississippi could go to any extent, in the name of protecting their lives. She also discovered that the blacks were powerless (Moody, 1968).
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