Thursday, January 31, 2019

We Visited Anne Moody's Gravesite

#AnneMoody



Today, members of Anne Moody History Project visited #AnneMoody's grave site for film project. From left: Emma Taplin, Roscoe Barnes III, LaVern Taylor, Ruby Dixon. The grave is located in the cemetery at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Highway 24, Centreville, Miss.

Moody was a civil rights pioneer and the author of Coming of Age in Mississippi. She was born in 1940 in Centreville. She died in 2015 in Gloster. She was 74.

#CivilRights #ComingOfAgeinMississippi #BlkTwitterstorians #Twitterstorians #BlackHistory #Mississippi #WomensHistory #HBCU #Tougaloo #History #Literature


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Want to know more about Anne Moody?

Visit here to see the timeline of
important events in her life history!

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For more information: 
See the Anne Moody page here.
Questions about the Anne Moody History Project may be directed to Roscoe Barnes III Ph.D. via email at doctorbarnes3@gmail.com or roscoebarnes3@yahoo.com For updates on Anne Moody history and the on-going work of this community service project, simply follow this blog or follow AMHP on Twitter (@AnneMoodyHP). #ComingOfAgeinMississippi

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