Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South

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Written with out a trace of sentimentality or apology, that is an unforgettable personal story—the reality as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to grasp what it’s to have grown up black in Mississippi within the forties an fifties—and to have survived with pride and courage intact.

In this now classic autobiography, she main points the sights, smells, and suffering of growing up in a racist society and candidily reveals the soul of a black girl who had the courage to challenge it. The result’s a touchstone work: an accurate, authoritative portrait of black circle of relatives life within the rural South and a moving account of a lady’s indomitable heart.

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