Describe Anne
Moody’s economic circumstances as a child in Mississippi. When and why did she
become a domestic servant?
2. Explain Anne's
awakening to racial inequality. What are some of the incidents in childhood
that spark her consciousness? How does she first challenge white supremacy and
what is the reaction of her family?
3. How did the
Emmitt Till lynching affect Anne Moody?\
4. How did Anne
overcome the obstacles to get a college education? Where did she go to
school? Did she graduate?
5. How would you
describe the attitude toward sex in the college that Anne Moody attended?
How does it differ from today’s attitude?
6. Anne
frequently refers to African-Americans who were of the “high yellow
caste.” To what is she referring?
7. Describe Anne
Moody’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement?
8. How does Anne
judge the success of the Civil Rights Movement?
9. Anne
Moody attended the August 28, 1963 March on Washington. "I sat on the
grass and listened to the speakers, to discover we had 'dreamers' instead of
leaders leading us...I sat there thinking that in Canton we never had time to
sleep, much less dream." How does this contradict Americans' popular
memory and celebration of the March and Martin Luther King, Jr's speech?
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