About this title: Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "A history of our time . . . (and) a reminder that we cannot now relax".--Senator Edward Kennedy.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Laurel Editions
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780440314882ISBN:0440314887
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge and corner wear. Previous owner's name and comment inside. Repaired tiny tear at bottom end of spine. Corner crease on back cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780440314882ISBN:0440314887
Description: Very Good. Minor shelf wear with crease on spine. pages appear to be FREE of markings with age toning. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Reading this book is especially poignant today, with President Barack Obama in office. Published in 1968, this is Anne Moody's story of growing up poor and black in Mississippi. Ms. Moody worked from a young age to support her family in the homes of white people and never understood the "secret" of white people and why they lived better.
This book is divided into four parts and details Ms. Moody's life from childhood through college. Ms. Moody joined the Civil Rights movement, and it is shocking to hear about the murders of so many black people, with no arrests whatsoever due to sham investigations. The book ends on such a despairing note that I wish I could talk to Anne Moody today. A must-read."
"We were assigned to read this in college for a class focusing on literature written in times of war, unrest and other strife, and for some reason I have re-read this book several times since then. This goes along with my fascination/amazement/horror with the plight of slaves as well as African American and other folks in the Civil Rights Era. Anne Moody led quite an amazing life--and it's something to think about all she and so many others underwent to work for freedoms and equality one might've thought would already be givens in that era. And it really wasn't that long ago...Anyways, great book."
"Anne live in a two room shack on a plantation with her parent and her sister. Her father leaves her mother for another women after her mother has a son. For the next six years Anne and her family move to six different houses. Its a hard life and her mother is always to odd jobs that leave the family hungry. Even though her family is having hard times Anne does exceptionally well in school. Anne finds out about the NAACP, she changes her name and starts getting involved in the civil rights movement. Anne is part of the famous sit-in at the lunch counter of the Woolworth's in Jackson. Looking at where Anne came from living on a plantation, struggling in a black family i have so much respect for what she did. Not many people would join the NAACP it was very dangerous and not only did Anne but she was part of many famous protests. This is one of those books that makes you proud to know that there are people this strong out there fighting for there rights and the rights of the people around them. I didn't know who Anne was, all I really knew from the civil rights movement was Martin Luther King. Reading this book makes me want to learn more about others who helped our country out of its darkest times."
"Autobiography of Anne Moody, a civil rights activist in the early 60's. The book tells the story of her life from a poor child growing up in Mississippi through high school and college and finally to her work with the movement in her early 20's.
I found the book very interesting. And almost unbelievable to think these sorts of things were going on such a short time ago.
However, I wasn't at all impressed with the writing or the editing of the book. I felt the story was scattered, at times leaving out important events, and other times giving time by time details to mundane events. I wish there would have been more consistency - it would have reading the book so much better."
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