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Coming of Age in Mississippi | Anne Moody, A Voice of the Civil Rights Movement

In this essay, Laura Kryhoski considers Moody's work as it relates to events of the civil rights movement.

‘‘I couldn't believe it, but it was the Klan blacklist, with my picture on it. I guess I must have sat there for about an hour holding it,’’ says Moody in her autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi. In Moody's response to the list, it is easy to see that she is different, different, in fact, from many young teenagers of her race, gender, time. She is one of the many voices of the Civil Rights movement, one of the unsung heroes courageously following in the steps of

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