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Originally posted by JD1913
1) Coming of Age in Mississippi By Anne Moody... after reading that book I was changed forever... her vivid description of the injustices she witnessed/experienced were so powerful... the poverty, the racism... I remember walking around with a permanent scowl for like a week and I was a freshman in high school... y'all I was angry... there was a consciousness I wasnt aware I had... and SHE WAS ONLY 28 WHEN SHE WROTE IT!!!!
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I did my senior thesis on this book and Zora Neale Hurston's autobiography, Dust Tracks on the Road. Both excellent autobiographies although Anne's is not as well known.
