Coming of Age in Mississippi

"Coming of Age in Mississippi" Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiography written by an African-American woman exploring the social significance of race in Mississippi and the deep South and the impact it had on her life and her perspective. The author depicts her life story, both her experiences and evolving thinking on race, gender, and social relations to demonstrate the origin, evolution, and social and political consequences of the civil rights movement. She …

…offer any pretty conclusions or tell its readers 'don't worry about all of the bad things because in the end we all lived happily ever after.' In the end, she considers the words "We Shall Overcome," which symbolized the march on Washington but she was afraid to speculate and simply says " I wonder, I really wonder." I think in her heart she knew already that changing legislation does not necessarily change minds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**