Read Anne Moodys Coming of Age in Mississippi in its entirety. Based on your reading of Moodys book, is autobiography an effective medium to convey the history of the civil rights movement? Why or why not? What does the autobiography achieve that another kind of source might not? What are the strengths of this source? What are its limitations? Be sure to refer to specific examples from the book to back up your argument. Choose at least 3 events and experiences from Coming of Age in Mississippi that best show this autobiographys power to help the reader understand history.
