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Anne Moody is a well-known contemporary black native Mississippi author. She has written biographical works depicting life in Mississippi and the struggles of black people in the South. Many people can relate to her style of writing. Her books help people understood what life was like in the South before and during the civil rights movement.

Anne Moody was born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi on September 15, 1940 to Fred and Elnire (Williams) Moody. She attended Natchez Junior College and completed her education at Tougaloo College. Moody married Austin Stratus and had one child named Sascha. In 1969, Anne's marriage ended in divorce.

Anne's popular autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi is set in her hometown of Centerville, Mississippi. Anne tells the story of her struggles and triumphs in this rural Mississippi town. She talks about racism from a child's perspective. Moody never thought of herself as a writer, but rather as a civil rights activist.......

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