Coming of age in Mississippi
Moody, Anne2004
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Subject: Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story<U+2014>the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the forties an fifties<U+2014>and to have survived with pride and courage intact. In this now classic autobiography, she details 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 is a touchstone work: an accurate, authoritative portrait of black family life in the rural South and a moving account of a woman's indomitable heart.
Main title:
Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody.
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Imprint:
New York : Delta, 2004.
Collation:
424 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780385337816 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1104612
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