from VincentDarlage

This book was amazing. My words can't do it justice.

from KendraRenee

It's been awhile since I've given any book I've read 5 stars. But this account of growing up in Mississippi during what turns out to be the ground-shaking Civil Rights Movement is SO good. From childhood to age 25 (which is where the autobiography stops), Moody describes how her life was affected...

from japaul22

[Coming of Age in Mississippi] by [[Anne Moody]] Anne Moody's memoir of her childhood and young adult years growing up Black in Mississippi is raw and honest and full of pain. Moody was born in 1940 in rural Mississippi. She grew up in poverty with a father who deserted her mother and then a mos...

from tdpratt

This book should be required reading for every person who lives in the United States. It gives unusual insights into what was going on behind the scenes during the fight for racial equality. For someone who was just born in the mid-60's it gave me a better appreciation of the bravery and guts the...

from maggiezee

Should be required reading for History and Social Studies in High School.