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Coming Of Age In Mississippi

The autobiography entitled Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody (born Essie Mae) is the story of her life as a poor African American girl coming of age in segregated Mississippi. She grew up in Wilkerson County, a rural county overflowing with poverty and racism. Both of her parents spent time working on plantations until her father left the family for another woman. Her mother then obtains a job working as a maid for several white families, in order to support her family. Throughout her childhood she battles discrimination and starvation in order to stay alive in one of the most racially segregated states in America. This autobiography extensively recaps Moody's life beginning at the age of four until her early twenties.
Moody was both timid and curious as a young girl and was afraid to ask her mother questions about things going on around her. This leaves her on her own to learn the importance of race and gender in such a society. Her mother avoids confronting her because......


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