Coming of Age in Mississippi

Was a story written by Anne Moody counting on graduating from college in the spring of 1963 during the period which the Negro people are been threaten, during her stay in the campus she join the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. And they happened to hold a convention in Jackson and Anne is among the spokesmen because she is associated with Mr John Salter. they went to Jackson with Memphi and Pearlena where they sat on the white counter and they were mistreated by the high school studentby some violent event and the police were outside just watching and did not do anything about it.