Coming of Age in Mississippi
“Simply one of the best, Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent, moving testimonial to…courage.” —Chicago Tribune“A history of our time, seen from the bottom up, through the eyes of someone who decided for herself that things had to be changed…a timely reminder that we cannot now relax.” —Senator Edward Kennedy,The New York Times Book Review“Something is new here…rural southern black life begins to speak.  It hits the page like a natural force, crude and undeniable and, against all principles of beauty, beautiful.” —The Nation“Engrossing, sensitive, beautiful…so candid, so honest, and so touching, as to make it virtually impossible to put down.” —San Francisco Sun-Reporter