The Autobiography Of Anne Moody's Life
In this autobiography of Anne Moody a.k.a. Essie Mae as she is often called in the book, is the struggles for rights that poor black Americans had in Mississippi. Things in her life lead her to be such an activist in the fight for black equality during this time. She had to go through a lot of adversity growing up like being beat, house being burned down, moving to different school, and being abuse by her mom's boyfriend. One incident that would make Anne Moody curious about racism in the south was the incident in the Movie Theater with the first white friends she had made. The other was the death of Emmett Tillman and other racial incidents that would involve harsh and deadly circumstances. These this would make Miss Moody realize that this should not be tolerated in a free world.
First time she ever …show more content…
The mother of Anne Moody would just act like nothing was going on. "Just do your work like you don't know anything" (pg 130). As mother would state to Anne Moody would tell her as she was working among whites. An older person in the community was use to the old ways and would not say anything because they would be scared if they would say anything. This kind of action made Anne Moody mad at the Negro community in Centreville. For standing up for something that they know is right,
"But I also hated Negroes. I hated them for not standing up and doing something about the murders. In fact, I think I had a stronger resentment toward Negroes for letting the whites kill them than toward whites. Anyways it was at this stage in my life that I began to look upon Negro men as cowards" (pg 136)
Not saying that Anne Moody was not afraid, but to at least put up a fight chance not just let things like this go on. Even stating that she knew she would be a part of the
First time she ever …show more content…
The mother of Anne Moody would just act like nothing was going on. "Just do your work like you don't know anything" (pg 130). As mother would state to Anne Moody would tell her as she was working among whites. An older person in the community was use to the old ways and would not say anything because they would be scared if they would say anything. This kind of action made Anne Moody mad at the Negro community in Centreville. For standing up for something that they know is right,
"But I also hated Negroes. I hated them for not standing up and doing something about the murders. In fact, I think I had a stronger resentment toward Negroes for letting the whites kill them than toward whites. Anyways it was at this stage in my life that I began to look upon Negro men as cowards" (pg 136)
Not saying that Anne Moody was not afraid, but to at least put up a fight chance not just let things like this go on. Even stating that she knew she would be a part of the