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Summary: Emotional Truth
Review: Coming of Age in Mississippi is an extremely well written book full of emotion and truth. This book gives a disturbing, but true account of growing up in a racist southern town. Although oppressed, Anne Moody brilliantly displays her pride, courage, and determination to overcome the circumstances she grew up in. This familiar part of our nation's history is seen through the perspective of an innocent girl living out this horror, therefore giving today's society an intricate look into racism and oppression.
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Summary: A Story to be Heard
Review: Anne Moody did a superb job of relating her experiences in the battle for civil rights. Written very skillfully, her story brought to life the fears and feelings of those who marched the streets and faced the angry mobs. I hope this book becomes very well known and is still read by Americans years and years into the future. A true 'must read.'
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Summary: I would give it more stars if I could
Review: I don't get to read alot with 3 kids, but I could NOT put this book down!!!
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Summary: Raw Truth that needs to be told!
Review: Being a Black southerner who teachers this kind of history and who is not a full generation removed from all of this, this book hits the nail on the head. Too often, this era is told in a "soft soap" fashion, which is easly explained when you consider that so many people from this American gestapo era are still alive. You get all the facts here, from treasonous Blacks who sold out the people during segrgation (and who today pretend as if they were heroes at the time), to the evil cops who made Bull Connor look nice, to the horrbile conditions that Black southerners faced in education (I can tell you that not much has changed there), the damaging psychologicla effects of segregation on both Blacks and Whites, and to the young Blacks and Whites who came together to straighten up this mess. You get it raw, straight, and with no chaser here. Sorta the Southern female counterpart to "Manchild in the Promised Land."
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Summary: A SEARING PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH...
Review: The author deftly draws for the reader a searing and compelling autobiographical perspective of what life was like for her in the rural deep south during the nineteen forties and fifties, when she was growing up. It also gives a birds-eye view of the civil rights movement of the early nineteen sixties.Written by Ms. Moody when she was twenty eight, it is a damning portrait of what life was like for African-Americans in the deep south. It tells of parallel lifestyles that were preordained and dependent upon whether one were black or one were white. If one were black, one was destined to a lifetime of poverty, because job opportunities were limited to bottom of the rung jobs with no opportunity for growth and which were designed by their very nature to keep one subservient. It tells of schools so substandard as to make one non-competitive in the larger world. It tells of dilapidated and ramshackle housing without indoor plumbing that was the lot of many blacks in the rural south. It describes the fear that was palpable in ones every day life, if one were black; a fear of making a white person angry, because the consequences that would follow could end up costing one dearly. It sums up the daily indignities which were a part pf growing up black in the rural south in the mid twentieth century. It is a story of frustration and anger at the inequities found in every day living. It is the story of how one young woman dealt with that system and survived to become a civil rights activist at a time when to be such was tantamount to asking for trouble of a deadly nature. Well told and deftly drawn, the author conveys a real sense of the times in which she grew up. She ably captures an era in America that should not be forgotten, if only to remind the reader that it was not that long ago that some Americans were treated like second class citizens. Unfortunately, despite best intentions, some still are, though it is now done in more covert, rather than overt, fashion. We, as Americans, may have come a long way, but we still have a ways to go in eliminating the inequities which still exist in our society. Ms. Moody's autobiography serves to remind us that the past was not all that long ago and, in some measure, is still with us today.
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Summary: Coming of Age in Mississippi Critical Review
Review: Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiography written by Anne Moody. The book reveals the story of a black girl growing up in rural Mississippi dealing with racial issues and how to overcome them. It is a very powerful story and does a great job in depicting how the blacks were treated in the South during the time when segregation was the only way. If you are interested in the Civil Right's Movement, I would strongly recommend this book. You'll read about Anne Moody's involvement in the movement and how it affected her life. She does a great job in making you feel her pain and realizing what she had to go through because of the white race. I really enjoyed this book and think most people will. The book makes you want to keep turning pages until the end. However, I must warn you that the end was a little surprising, but overall, the book was excellent!This book proves that you really can make a difference. By standing up for what you believe in and voicing your opinons, others do hear you and will follow your lead. Coming of Age in Mississippi deals with a time or our past that many of us didn't experience, but are still being taught about. This book explains segregation and sees it from a black's point of view. It is a wonderful book!
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: That pretty much sums it up. It gives you an incredible insite into what it was like to really be a part of the Civil Rights Movement, and how much courage and strength was needed in this horrible battle for basic rights! I couldn't put it down! I read this for a social studies class-students-if you have a chance to read this-do! It is INCREDIBLE!
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Summary: thoughts and tears
Review: I picked up this book in the year 2000, and as Anne Moody "wonders", I too wonder how much things have changed in 35 years. Sure, many APPEARANCES have changed, but have you ever searched the internet to see how many Klan sites there are? The topic of racism and hatred that comes with it is still scary and real; not only for black people, but everyone who is considered "different" than others around them. Anne's story is painful, real, honest, timely, and -most of all- it is a reminder to people to always be aware of attitudes and influences that we convey. I found myself thinking about the writing style afterwards. The language changes as Anne Moody's character matures and becomes more educated. This was a subtle effect that very effectively to drew the reader in closer. This should be required reading material.
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Summary: Great Autobiography!
Review: In Anne having realized all the prejudice that exists, led her down her path. One of the quintessential tasks that she undertook to fight racism was working on the freedom vote project. Anne put all her time and energy towards trying to get blacks to strick some common ground and realize that they needed to demand the rights they undoubtedly deserved. They project may have survived better if the blacks were not so fearful of what the whites were capable of doing. The blacks would show up for clothign drives and things of the fashion at teh Freedom House, albeit they did not vote. This action greatly angered Anne. Towards the end of Anne's autobigorary the blacks beging to vote more, but statisically there was not a proportionate number in comparrion to whites. ANne is a remarkable person who realized at 15 that she hated people, because of all the horrible acts which were being adminstered around her. Great book!
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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: Never have I read a book that had such an effect on me. Anne Moody's words truly taught me what it was like growing up in the south during the civil rights movement. Every history class I have taken has neglected to give me real knowledge to take home with me. But the teacher that assigned me Coming of Age in Missippi had something truly educational in mind. I recommend this book DAILY to the patients I work with. It is one I will continue to recommend and read often.
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