Coming of Age in Mississippi

by Anne Moody

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How does Anne express herself after being disillusioned with MLK?

How does Anne Moody diverge from Martin Luther King’s prescribed path to activism in the book Coming of Age in Mississippi?

In Coming of Age in Mississippi, what did Anne Moody learn from her mother?

What are the similarities and differences between Anne Moody and her mother in the autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi?

In "Coming of Age in Mississippi," how does Anne Moody become disillusioned with the civil rights leaders of her time?

What are the most important events in the book Coming of Age in Mississippi?

Why had Anne Moody become disillusioned with the Civil Rights Movement by 1963?

Examine the role of the the Guild in Anne Moody's life.

How does seeing C.O. Chinn on a chain gang impact Ann? What events led to his downfall?

In "Coming of Age in Mississippi", how does Anne respond to her family's discouragement of her activism? Why?

Why is Anne unable to join the other activists who are singing "We Shall Overcome" at the end of Coming of Age in Mississippi?

In A Coming Age of Mississippi what is Anne Moody's experience in terms of different valences such as race or class?

Why did Anne Moody begin her memoir "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by outlining black life on a white-owned plantation in the South?

In Coming of Age in Mississippi, what difficulties or obstacles did Anne's family face in trying to make a living and improve their daily lives?

In Coming of Age in Mississippi, where does the NAACP demonstration take place?

In Coming of Age in Mississippi, how might Essie Mae's dream be interpreted as an observation about farm labor and its role in subjugating blacks?

What is the major message of the book Coming of Age in Mississippi?

I am trying to do a works cited for Coming of Age in Mississippi and I need to know: how do I know if something is a good source?

In what ways are Miss Harris and Mrs. Admas like Mrs. Burke?

How does crowd react when the demonstrators bow their heads in prayer?  

How does the young Moody understand the concepts of "blackness" and "whiteness?"

In what chapter does Anne begin to boycott her college cafeteria?

How did discrimination affect Southern Blacks in the 1950s -- characterize the lives of Moody's family and acquaintances? In what ways did her life change once she left home for the big city and then college?

What was it like to be a civil rights worker in Mississippi during the 1960s?

In "Coming of Age in Mississippi," why does Mama Cry Whenever she is expecting a baby?

How are Southern Black people Moody's age different from the older generations in Coming of Age in Mississippi? And how does it affect the civil rights movement?

Discuss Anne's concluding thoughts about Civil Rights in America based on the ending of her work.

In "Coming of Age in Mississippi", how did Anne Moody view the blacks in Canton that refuse to register to vote? Was she being fair?

Why did Anne and others become activists when other southerners, such as oppressed blacks, did not?

In "Coming of Age in Misssippi," how does Moody express doubt that things things may not pave towards true equality?

How did Essie Mae grow morally psychologically and intellectually?

I understand the historical context of the memoir.  I'm just not sure sure what sparked an enormous revolt in the 1950s rather than earlier. What made this possible for African- Americans?

Through her work, assess how Anne Moody shows how African- Americans had to "overcome racism."

In the book Coming of Age in Mississippi, why didn't more southern blacks join the movement?

What divisions did Anne describe among blacks in Mississippi over race?

I would like to know where is Anne today and what is she doing?

What were the most important factors behind Moody's emergence as a civil rights activist?  

What has the author accomplished?

What is the role of violence in preserving the Status Quo in racial relations in the book?

What topics is the book Coming of Age in Mississippi unable to address for historians? Explain.

 What roles does violence play in Moody's life and in the lives of African Americans in Mississippi? What are some examples of this in the book? What would be good examples for an essay?

How should I start a thesis statement for my history course that's studying Coming of Age in Mississippi?  

Why does Anne feel "old" at the end of her memoir?  

Are archival resources used in Coming of Age in Mississippi?

What experiences in Anne Moody's life made her skeptical about change in the fight against racism?

What are the early indications of the civil rights activist Moody will become in "Coming of Age in Mississippi"?

Discuss what issues Anne witnessed in her life in Louisiana.

Anne Moody is an active player in the civil rights movement.  What are examples of why she looks down on authority even the leaders in the civil rights movement?

Relate this book to the five themes of geography, excluding perceptual region and absolute location?