Coming of Age in Mississippi Historical Analysis

Coming of Age in Mississippi Historical Analysis

This book deals with themes related to race and experiences within the Civil Rights Movement. Describe and discuss Moody’s relationship with the movement. How does her racial identity transform through the process of her teens and early twenties? What does her position and relationship with the movement itself towards the end of the memoir suggest about her personal experience? Does she have the point of view you might expect, at the end? What does this tell us and how can we analyze some of these contradictions?