Coming of Age in Mississippi byAnne Moody is an autobiographical look at the hardships endured by blacks in the poverty-stricken Mississippi Delta. Moody clearly paints a picture of racial inequality in the South of the 1950's and 60's.For example, Essie Mae's (who is really Anne Moody) mother had to work odd end jobs to support her family and made between five to twelve dollars a week. She could only feed her family leftovers from …showed first 75 words of 460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 460 total…went back to Jackson to the Movement. When she got into Jackson, she left her bags at the house she was staying and went to get on a bus with other CORE members and headed to Washington to tell the President about the discrimination against blacks.      As a student, I advise any person to read this book because racism and discrimination is still out there. It is not just against blacks; it is against everybody.