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Robin Howe
Dr. Lorine Hughes
Minorities
4/10/06

Book Review: Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

I chose to read this book in part to be educated about the personal experiences that Anne Moody went through growing up as a black in Southern Mississippi. Over the years, I have heard about the tough times that the black population went through during the past. This book brought it to the forefront of my mind.
This autobiography of Ms. Moody's life was incredible. She begins the book with her own birth and the horrible ordeals that she was faced with throughout her entire life. When she was very young, her father left the family and the mother was forced to try to raise three children on her own. She recalls going days with only eating bread and on good days they were able to eat beans and bread. Her mother was doing odd jobs just so she could get money for food. One of the jobs that she did was picking up pecans from the ground for a white farmer. It just broke my......

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