Coming of Age in Mississippi

By Anne Moody
-this is a story of Anne as college student and her experiences.
-Anne is trying to graduate, her credits haven't been passed on and she can't live on campus b/c she doesn't have any money. She can't eat very much and she knows she has to finish to show everyone. How wrong they were about her. She is helping with movement.
-Anne was to be a spokes person at a local lunch counter for the NAACP. The police knew something was going to happen but not when and where.
-Her and two students sat down at the all white lunch counter.
-The waitress turn off the lights and run away.
-They just sat there as more and more people came in-some white college students tied a noose and tried to put it around their necks. They were called every name in the book.
-They started to pray and a man threw Memphis on the floor and started kicking him. Anne was slapped and the police arrested Memphis and the attacker. Pearlena was thrown to the floor, they got back on the stools and tried to keep composure.
-They got stuff thrown at them and by the time they were covered. Anne went into a salon and got her hair washed.