Publication Date:February 3, 2004 Shipping:Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability:Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was…the fear of being killed just because I was black." In that moment was born the passion for freedom and justice that would change her life.
An all-A student whose dream of going to college is realized when she wins a basketball scholarship, she finally dares to join the NAACP in her junior year. Through the NAACP and later through CORE and SNCC she has first-hand experience of the demonstrations and sit-ins that were the mainstay of the civil rights movement, and the arrests and jailings, the shotguns, fire hoses, police dogs, billy clubs and deadly force that were used to destroy it.
A deeply personal story but also a portrait of a turning point in our nation’s destiny, this autobiography lets us see history in the making, through the eyes of one of the footsoldiers in the civil rights movement.
Slow readNovember 12, 2008 This book was chosen by my book club. It was a very slow read, and didn't flow well.
Couldn't put it downSeptember 23, 2008 I found this book very honest & interesting. I gave it to a friend who said the same thing. I wish she had written more books.
Never got my bookSeptember 9, 2008 Liquidate-4-me never shipped my book. it took over a month to get my refund..Lame
Jackson, Ms.August 12, 2008 In several books I've read regarding Southern History and slavery, this story actually surpised me. Without giving much detail, she becomes famous overnight. Ironic, but to drive into Jackson, Ms. you would never guess just how dangerous a place with was, in fact, all along the Delta and Mississippi was dangerous. She's a born fighter. Good book, takes off towards the end.
Coming of AgeMay 31, 2008 A must read for anyone interested in first hand accounts of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.
