Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

She becomes an active member of the civil rights movement (Moody, 2011). She later earns a basket scholarship to Natchez College and later transfers to Tougaloo College for her final academic years where she joins the NAACP despite being warned by her family and the sheriff. She joins the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) where she begins the struggle for racial injustices (Moody, 2011). When Anne receives news of a brutal murder of a young African American boy she gets informed of the racial inequality around her thus as she grows up she gains more understanding of this fact. Mae grows into a beautiful young woman where she is elected homecoming queen (Moody, 2011).

Busk discriminates and looks down upon the African American individuals. She does part-time tasks such as cleaning houses for the white families in order to aid in meeting the family needs. Her mother switched from one job to another in order to meet the needs for her family. Her parents used to work in the plantation while Mae and her siblings were tasked with duties in the house.

Their house never had electricity nor indoor plumbing while Carter’s family house had both thus the only light in the plantation was from Carter’s house (Moody, 2011). Plot overviewĮssie Mae who is a direct reflection of Anne Moody is brought up in a poor African American family that lived on a plantation (Fox, 2015). Willis is a teacher of Anne and Winny who is Anne’s grandmother (“”SparkNotes: Coming of Age in Mississippi: Character List””, 2017). Willis is the principal of Anne’s high school, Mrs. Rice is Anne’s teacher, Uncle Ed is the uncle of Anne, Mr. Hicks the gym teacher and athletic coach, Linda Mae Jenkins the lady who employs Anne as a maid and babysitter, The Johnson Family is where Anne’s mother works as a maid, Ola Johnson the grandmother of the Johnson family, Keemp is a basketball player and the first boyfriend of Anne, Reverend Edward King is an activist who befriends Anne, Miss Pearl is Raymond’s mother, Grandfather Moody is Anne’s grandfather, Mrs. Pleasant School, Doris a fellow activist with Anne in Canton, Florence, George Lee Anne’s uncle, Mr. Burke who employs Anne as a maid, The Carter Family are the owners of the plantation where Anne and her entire family leave, Reverend Carson is Anne’s teacher at Mt. The rest of the characters comprise of Toosweet Davis Anne’s mother, Adline Moody Anne’s young sister, James Moody Anne’s younger brother, Junior Moody Anne’s younger brother, Virginia Moody sister to Anne, Alberta Anne’s aunt, Darlene is the sister to Raymond, Mrs.

The main character in the book is Essie Mae.

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody