Coming of Age in Mississippi speaks about on an African American woman’s perspective on life in the segregated South particularly the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. The author Anne Moody was a well-known civil rights activist of her time; led many sit ins and marched with Martin Luther King himself. Her views showcased how stagnancy led to things remaining the same. That actively participating in protests and demanding change allowed for the world and the media to not shy away from the topics. Even if it feels like the 1960s in 2016 the protests are bringing more awareness to the treatments of black lives. From the moment she was young and her father left her mother for a lighter skinned woman she slowly began to be accustomed
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With the movement she finally felt accepted and at home. Fighting racial prejudices through nonviolent and impacting protests led her to finally figure out exactly what she wanted to do with her life. “But something happened to me as I got more and more involved in the Movement. It no longer seemed important to prove anything. I had found something outside myself that gave meaning to my life.”4 This showed just how outcast she felt in her own community and home. Even after her college graduation and degree she continued being an active member of the civil rights movement. She joined the Congress of Racial Equality and the NAACP. She participated in multiple sit ins one she’s famous for is the desegregating of lunch counters of a local Woolworths. She marched with Dr. King in the world famous protest in 1963 Washington. “The more I thought about it, the more it seemed that the federal government was directly or indirectly responsible for most of the segregation, discrimination, and poverty in the South.”5 She realized that staying put wouldn’t create any change. That letting things slide would only make things worse. That the government and the law enforcement were relying on the people to stay
With the movement she finally felt accepted and at home. Fighting racial prejudices through nonviolent and impacting protests led her to finally figure out exactly what she wanted to do with her life. “But something happened to me as I got more and more involved in the Movement. It no longer seemed important to prove anything. I had found something outside myself that gave meaning to my life.”4 This showed just how outcast she felt in her own community and home. Even after her college graduation and degree she continued being an active member of the civil rights movement. She joined the Congress of Racial Equality and the NAACP. She participated in multiple sit ins one she’s famous for is the desegregating of lunch counters of a local Woolworths. She marched with Dr. King in the world famous protest in 1963 Washington. “The more I thought about it, the more it seemed that the federal government was directly or indirectly responsible for most of the segregation, discrimination, and poverty in the South.”5 She realized that staying put wouldn’t create any change. That letting things slide would only make things worse. That the government and the law enforcement were relying on the people to stay