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Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story -- the 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 fifties -- and 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.
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.
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This autobiography starts in the 1940's and describes the way it was to grow up in a racist society. Anne speaks of the poverty,illegitimacy, police brutality,lynchings and the ugliness she had to face. She had the courage to participate in sit ins, demonstrations and to speak up for what she believed in. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the brutality of the south during the movement. Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King are also a part of this fine book.
Shanna V. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Memoir of Anne Moody. Slow , but good reading. Enjoyed it, but, was saddened .
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a good book for anyone interested in reading about the civil rights movement. It's the biography of a young lady who was actively involved in this movement, including what it was like for her growing up in Mississippi.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
If you are interested in the civil rights movement back in the 50's and 60's, this book is for you. Autobiography of a young black woman growing up in the south (Mississippi) from the age of 4 through her college years. Very good read. dg
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A very good book to read I really enjoyed it.
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Teri E. (
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Very enlightening and distrubing account of the authors grwoing up in Missisppi.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
an unforgettable personal story, growing up black in Mississippi, during the 40's and 50's ....surviving with pride and courage intact!
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Read this in college - great first person narrative of being black and poor in Mississippi in the forties and fifties. Clear and unflinching prose.
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I truly enjoyed the beginning of this book but the end was extremely dry and not very interesting, IMO.
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A thought provoking classic autobiography of growing up poor and black in the rural south during the 1940s and 50s by Anne Moody. Vividly told, this is a real page turning that shows how much things have changed in the last 50 and 60 years, and how much things (sadly) have stayed the same. I was born during the mid-60s so don't remember this era, and this book is the most thoroughly educational on the trials of civil rights movement I've read. I was truly moved.
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This is a fascinating autobiography. Anne Moody is a very strong woman and stood up against Mr. Charlie-- often when no other Negro would. I think this is a must have for anyone interested in studying the Civil Rights movement. It's a unique ground-based view of the movement that really ties events together and shows how the movement was in areas besides Birmingham.
The prose isn't that hard to read, and while it is an extremely interesting book, it isn't exactly a page turner. That being said, it's an excellent book.
A classic autobiography of growing up poor and black in the rural south. Written without sentimentality of apology, this is an unforgettable personal story. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the forties and fifties.
A firsthand account of growing up in segregated Mississippi. Very well written.
ENCROSSING, SENSITIVE, BEAUTIFUL. YOU CAN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN.
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