Using only Coming of Age in Mississippi please answer the following questions in paragraph form (no introduction or conclusion needed).
• Each answer must have direct evidence from the reading to support your claims with proper citation.
• Please double space your answers and submit them as one document via the TURNITIN link on Cougar Courses.
1. Choose TWO of the following questions to answer (50 ponts). You must have supporting evidence from the reading to prove your claims:
A. How does her introduction to her relatives Walter and Sam affect Moody’s understanding of what “race” meant? What does she learn about the social significance of race over time within her own family (biological family as well as her step family, i.e. Raymond’s family)? Further, how does Ann feel about her own race over time? Give specific evidence directly from the book.
B. How did her involvement in the NAACP and the Voter Registration Drives affect her understanding of her race? How did it affect her family? In what ways did her involvement in the Movement impact her ability/willingness to engage with her community?
C. Of the many murders of African Americans committed by whites in this book. (other than the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.) which two murders affected Anne the most and why? Give specific evidence directly from the book.
2. Extra Credit Question (must have evidence to support your claims).
• Lastly, how has reading Coming of Age enhanced or affected your understanding of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement itself? What insight did it give on the struggles and difficulties of fighting this war of equality within the black community as well as in the larger American community
