Coming of Age in Mississippi | Moody's Testimony to Racial Injustices in the South
In the following essay, Rena Korb explores the pervading racism that characterized the southern United States prior to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Coming of Age in Mississippi is a stark testimony to the racial injustice that characterized the southern United States until the civil rights movements of the 1960s brought lasting changes to the region. African Americans had been given full voting and citizenship rights after the Civil War, but with the exception of a brief...
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