Anne Moody, whose memoir "Coming of Age in Mississippi" gave a wrenching account of growing up poor in the segregated South and facing violence as a civil rights activist, died Thursday at her ...

Her memoir, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," was published in 1968 and is required reading in some schools. It recounts her early life in a poor family and her participation in civil rights ...

On May 28, 1963, Anne Moody was among the students from historically black Tougaloo College who staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.

Poplarville - Dr. Janet Gail Moody, 65, of Poplarville, Mississippi realized Victory, conquering her battle with cancer on Saturday July 6, 2019 at home, surrounded by family and friends. Jan was ...

Anne Moody, a civil rights pioneer who showed people what is was like to grow up Black and poor in rural Mississippi through her writing, is now being honored on the Mississippi Writers Trail in ...

Anne Moody, who wrote the classic memoir, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," is now being honored with a 13-mile stretch of highway named after her.

JACKSON, Mississippi -- The bond credit rating agency Moody's Investor Service has given Mississippi a negative credit outlook because the state dipped into its rainy day fund to cover budget ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Anne Moody, whose memoir “Coming of Age in Mississippi” gave a wrenching account of growing up poor in the segregated South and facing violence as a civil rights ...