Coming of age in Mississippi /
Moody, Anne, -1940
Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody. - New York : Dial Press, 1968 - 348 p. 22 cm.
Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal storyΓÇöthe truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the forties an fiftiesΓÇöand to have survived with pride and courage intact. In this now classic autobiography, she details the sights, smells, and suffering of growing up in a racist society and candidily reveals the soul of a black girl who had the courage to challenge it. The result is a touchstone work: an accurate, authoritative portrait of black family life in the rural South and a moving account of a woman's indomitable heart."www.powells.com"
68055153
African American girls--Mississippi
African American girls--Mississippi
African Americans--Mississippi
African Americans--Mississippi
E 185.97.M65 / .C735 1968
Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody. - New York : Dial Press, 1968 - 348 p. 22 cm.
Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal storyΓÇöthe truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the forties an fiftiesΓÇöand to have survived with pride and courage intact. In this now classic autobiography, she details the sights, smells, and suffering of growing up in a racist society and candidily reveals the soul of a black girl who had the courage to challenge it. The result is a touchstone work: an accurate, authoritative portrait of black family life in the rural South and a moving account of a woman's indomitable heart."www.powells.com"
68055153
African American girls--Mississippi
African American girls--Mississippi
African Americans--Mississippi
African Americans--Mississippi
E 185.97.M65 / .C735 1968
