Anne Moody’s autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, follows Anne throughout the stages in her life from childhood, to high school, then to college, and ends with her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the novel, the reader has the pleasure of seeing Anne tell us her story through events, conversations, and internal, emotional struggles. In comparison to others that fought for the Civil Rights Movement, Anne stands out with her back-story. How she came to see race and the struggles dealt with by those in her community makes her a stand-out piece in the puzzle. Her background of where she grew up and her independent ways of thinking make her one of the best Civil Rights Movement participants to write an autobiography. How she came to be who she was throughout the novel was shaped in many different ways. Her family, community, interactions with the different races, her experiences outside of her hometown, and, especially, her education, helped to shape her into the activist that she was throughout Coming of Age in Mississippi. But, after her 6 years of participation and her choice to leave the movement, the movement still continued on.