Discuss Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi with University of Florida’s Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere.
Discuss Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi with University of Florida’s Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. Moody’s autobiography is a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change.
On Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m., hear scholar Leigh Ann Wheeler present “Anne Moody and Voting Rights in the Era of Black Power: After Coming of Age in Mississippi” at Smathers Library. Wheeler is the third speaker in the center’s Race and the Promise of Participation series.
Supported by Alachua County Library District and the University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Rothman Endowment).
The Headquarters Library provides access to resources and services in the City of Gainesville and surrounding areas. It also serves as the headquarters of Alachua County Library District.