Summary Of Coming Of Age In Mississippi By Anne Moody

The academic education Anne Moody received while at college education is nothing compared to the social and political education she received at Tougaloo. The book, Coming of Age in Mississippi, is an autobiography written by Anne Moody. The book begins when she is only four years old and follows her life until she is twenty-three. Anne Moody was born in 1940 and grew up in the South, where she grew up with racism and segregation heavily influencing her life. The time and place where she grew up led to a lifetime of political activism and fighting for racial equality. She wrote the book from her personal perspective of a political activist and member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which she joins while at Tougaloo College. During her time at college, three of her most personally impactful university experiences with regard to her social and political consciousness were her joining the NAACP, the particularly violent incident at the bus station, and the historical sit-in at the Woolworth's counter.

At Tougaloo College, she is both nervous and excited to be learning in an integrated classroom which she had never before experienced. While she originally goes to Tougaloo for her academic education, what keeps her in Jackson is her own political activism within the NAACP. During her first few weeks at Tougaloo, she meets both of her roommates and forges a relationship with Trotter who she later learns is the secretary for the NAACP chapter at Tougaloo. As Anne grows closer with her roommate