#ComingOfAgeinMississippi
I'm happy to report civil rights pioneer Anne Moody is mentioned in the article, "Whose Mississippi Is It?" by Neely Tucker. It is published online by The Bitter Southerner. This is a good read and highly recommended. As part of his research, Tucker interviewed Moody's sister, Frances Jefferson.
Tucker included other important writers in his article. He writes:
A new generation of black Mississippi writers has claimed the right to speak for their home state in ways more powerful than at any point since the Civil Rights Movement. The question is, do enough white Mississippians heed their voices?
In his mention of Moody, Tucker highlights her sacrifice and her suffering.
In her last years — impoverished, mentally unwell — she returned to Mississippi, living a few miles from where she grew up. She lived with her son in a mobile home behind a sister’s house. She became paranoid, delusional, and eventually succumbed to dementia. She died in 2015 at age 74.
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You can read Tucker's article here:
https://bittersoutherner.com/whose-mississippi-is-it-black-authors-21st-century
