In the 1940-50s, African-Americans fought to gain their rights. Anne Moody began participating in the civil rights’ movement while in college because she always felt strongly about race equality. Through her experiences working within “the crusade”, she faced many physical and mental struggles. Anne’s once docile demonstrations formed into very militant ones, due to lack of results. By the time her narrative ends, she feels hopeless for the world she lives in.
After learning about the murder of Emmett Till, Anne’s eyes were opened to the violence caused by race. For the first time in her life she feared for her life because of the color of her skin. She felt strongly about having equal rights from a young age. Anne first learned of The National …show more content…
Being apart of the civil right movement made you a target for the police and violent racists. While staying with Sonny, she had been threatened by “a pickup truck with about eight men who had obviously been drinking. They had all sorts of weapons. They discussed burning the house down, but decided that they would come back and get us another night” (Page 339). Demonstrators risked being arrested or even beaten to death by police. Sit-in participants were in danger of being tortured or killed. Being an African-American, someone who supports the civil rights movement, or even being related to someone who participants in the movement seemed to be enough to get you threatened or killed. Walking freely on the street became fatal for some African-Americans. After the “NAACP leader Medgar Evers was shot to death when he stepped from his automobile”, the fear of being murdered suppressed some of the once enthusiastic demonstrators (Page 312). Others demonstrators stood strong. Moody recalls, “A lot of the young Negroes wanted to let the whites of Jackson know that even by killing off Medgar they hadn’t touched the real core of the Movement” (Page
After learning about the murder of Emmett Till, Anne’s eyes were opened to the violence caused by race. For the first time in her life she feared for her life because of the color of her skin. She felt strongly about having equal rights from a young age. Anne first learned of The National …show more content…
Being apart of the civil right movement made you a target for the police and violent racists. While staying with Sonny, she had been threatened by “a pickup truck with about eight men who had obviously been drinking. They had all sorts of weapons. They discussed burning the house down, but decided that they would come back and get us another night” (Page 339). Demonstrators risked being arrested or even beaten to death by police. Sit-in participants were in danger of being tortured or killed. Being an African-American, someone who supports the civil rights movement, or even being related to someone who participants in the movement seemed to be enough to get you threatened or killed. Walking freely on the street became fatal for some African-Americans. After the “NAACP leader Medgar Evers was shot to death when he stepped from his automobile”, the fear of being murdered suppressed some of the once enthusiastic demonstrators (Page 312). Others demonstrators stood strong. Moody recalls, “A lot of the young Negroes wanted to let the whites of Jackson know that even by killing off Medgar they hadn’t touched the real core of the Movement” (Page