Coming of Age in Mississippi | Essays and Criticism
- Moody's Testimony to Racial Injustices in the South
In the following essay, Rena Korb explores the pervading racism that characterized the southern United States prior to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
- A Comparison of Coming of Age in Mississippi with Black Boy
In this essay, Joyce Hart compares the personal, social, and historical circumstances surrounding Moody's book with Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy.
- 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.

