Dr. Francoise N. Hamlin to Present New Research on Anne Moody

She will talk about decisions and ethical issues related to Moody's papers

By Roscoe Barnes III
Chairman, Anne Moody History Project
Copyright (c) 2018

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Dr. Francoise N. Hamlin

Dr. Francoise N. Hamlin will discuss her latest research on Anne Moody at an April 18, 2019 seminar held by the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS). Hamlin will talk about "Historians and Ethics: The Case of Anne Moody." For more information, see the calendar of events here. 

The MHS webpage provides the following description of Hamlin's paper:

"In the process of conducting research for her book project, Hamlin encountered an ethical conundrum regarding the papers of Anne Moody, author of the iconic autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi. This paper explores this case in depth and probes how historians should record the lives of those who might not have wanted to be found."

Hamlin is associate professor of History and Africana Studies at Brown University. She earned her Ph.D. in African American Studies and American Studies at Yale University. Hamlin is the author of Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta After World War II (University of North Carolina Press, 2012) and co-editor of These Truly Are The Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship (University Press of Florida, 2015).

In June 2018, Hamlin presented a talk on Moody at the 11th Triennial Conference of the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) at The University of Alabama campus. Her presentation was titled, “Fifty Years Since Coming of Age in Mississippi: Finding Anne Moody.” It was described as  "a poignant reminder of the sometimes-traumatic effects the fight for Civil Rights left on its activists, particularly black women."

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