Anne Moody was an important character in the role of social reform for Africa Americans in Mississippi. Her will to change people and desire for a better life for African Americans was based on the problems and difficulties she faced when she was a child growing up in Centreville, Mississippi. The problems and discrimination that she encounters as a child are laid out in her book Coming of Age in Mississippi. These things are the basis for who Anne Moody will become in her later years. As she gets older she realizes and understands more differences and problems not only between blacks and the whites in her community, but also throughout the different types of blacks in her community.
The first time that Anne fully realizes the differences in her and others is in the movie theatre when she was about eight years old. …
