The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Office of Human Rights present "The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue" every last Tuesday of the month. Michelle Hamiel and Kyla Hanington discuss equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism with books as a launch point. This month's selection is "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody.
The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change. Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s lynching. Before then, she had “known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was . . . the fear of being killed just because I was black.” In that moment was born the passion for freedom and justice that would change her life. A straight-A student who realized her dream of going to college when she won a basketball scholarship, she finally dared to join the NAACP in her junior year. Through the NAACP and later through CORE and SNCC, she experienced firsthand the demonstrations and sit-ins that were the mainstay of the civil rights movement—and the arrests and jailings, the shotguns, fire hoses, police dogs, billy clubs, and deadly force that were used to destroy it. A deeply personal story but also a portrait of a turning point in our nation’s destiny, this autobiography lets us see history in the making, through the eyes of one of the footsoldiers in the civil rights movement.
Borrow the book from PGCMLS: eBook | eAudiobook | Print
AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Women's History | Virtual Event | Discussions | Black Heritage |
Mon, Apr 22 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | Closed |
Mon, Apr 22 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 9:00AM to 5:30PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | Closed |
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