Coming of Age in Mississippi

by Anne Moody

Pictures

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James Farmer
James Farmer, co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), walking next to a picketer. Moody was involved with CORE while a student at Tugaloo College.

Civil rights activists
Civil rights activists on the Voter Registration protest march along Route 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. Even after gaining the right to vote, African Americans in the South encountered discriminatory tactics that prevented them from registering.