In America, the fortie s and fifties was a time of racism and racial segregation. The Declaration of Independence states “all men are created equal” and America is viewed as the land of equal opportunity. However, blacks soon found the lack of truth in these statements; and with the Montgomery bus boycott marking the beginning of retaliation, the civil rights movement will grow during the mid – sixties. In the autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, …showed first 75 words of 919 total…

…showed last 75 words of 919 total…could be killed or beaten for her actions in these movements. Because of the movement, Moody could not even return to her former home for fear of disruption and hatred towards her. She knew that by being a part of a fight for justice within the black race, she was also taking the chance of losing her family. Yet, in the years of Moody’s strenuous life, some improvement began to show towards the end.