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Coming of age in mississippi covers a span of nineteen years, from when anne is four to twentythree years old. Coming of age in mississippi 1976 edition open library. Audie award finalist, classic, 2014 born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in mississippi, anne moody lived through some of the most. Carters plantation with other black farming families.
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When anne is four years old, she and her mother, toosweet, her father, diddly, and her younger sister, adline, live in a tworoom shack on a plantation. Coming of age in mississippi is the memoir of civil rights activist anne moody. Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in mississippi, anne moody lived. Moodys own personal evolution parallels and symbolizes the development of the civil rights movement. Anne moody published her autobiography in 1968, a year traditionally marking the end of the civil rights movement. Born in rural mississippi, anne known as essie mae as a child grows up on a plantation without electricity. Chapter summary for anne moody s coming of age in mississippi, part 1 chapter 2 summary. Not only did i enter high school with a new name, but also with a completely new insight into the life of negroes in mississippi.
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