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| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Chapter 1 | Anne Moody's story begins in rural Mississippi in the 1940s, where her family lives on "Mr. Carter's plantation" with ot... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 2 | After school ends for the summer, Essie, Adline, and Junior spend their days sitting on the porch or playing in the wood... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 3 | Domestic work takes a physical toll on Mama. She leaves her employer for another white woman, Mrs. Johnson, who's kinder... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 4 | After moving into the new house, Mama and Essie go to buy furniture. Essie is now almost 12. She picks out a bed similar... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 5 | Mama is still a member of Mount Pleasant, her old church. But she starts attending Centreville Baptist, "the largest Neg... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 6 | Raymond wants financial independence as a "big-time farmer." He buys a mule and a piece of cheap land. But soon he disco... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 7 | The new school year starts, and Essie and her siblings find work picking pecans for their neighbor Mr. Wheeler. They use... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 8 | The family can't afford school clothes when Essie enters eighth grade. She wears her old, tight jeans to school and inad... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 9 | After Homecoming, Essie changes her name. Mama requests new copies of the children's birth certificates for their school... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 10 | Anne enters high school with "new insight into the life of Negroes in Mississippi." She has heard of black people being ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 11 | Anne begins to "hate people" when she is 15 years old. She hates the murderous Southern whites, but she hates the Negroe... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 12 | In Baton Rouge Anne takes a job with a poor white woman named Mrs. Jetson, who can only afford to pay her three dollars ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 13 | Mrs. Burke asks Essie to work the upcoming weekend, but Essie says she has plans. Mama protests Essie should have worked... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 14 | Anne plans to find a waitressing job in a New Orleans restaurant, but with no experience, she can't get hired. Before An... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 15 | When Anne goes back to school in the fall, she's bored by the work and earns good grades without trying. Her classmates ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 16 | Anne's new, more sophisticated style, thanks to Lola, gets her positive feedback at school. It also results in unwanted ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 17 | Soon after Anne moves in, Emma is shot trying to defend a neighbor from an abusive husband. Anne spends time with the ne... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 18 | In New Orleans Anne returns to Maple Hill to earn money for college, but business is slow. Her high school basketball co... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 19 | During Anne's second year at Natchez she develops an interest in boys. She has always turned down male advances before, ... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 20 | As Anne tries to learn more about Tougaloo, a friend tells her she's "too black" to succeed there—most students are weal... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 21 | Anne's involvement in the Tougaloo NAACP chapter begins with a demonstration in the Mississippi city of Jackson. Civil r... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 22 | In February of the next school year, Anne's excited to invite Mama to an NAACP convention. Mama sends Anne a long letter... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 23 | Tired of the infighting in Jackson's activist community, Anne volunteers to go to the more dangerous Madison County to w... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 24 | Anne rides to the August 28 March on Washington with white and black movement members, nervous about traveling in an int... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 25 | In the fall Anne becomes more aware of the poverty in the Canton community. She meets a family with young children unabl... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 26 | Anne uses the ice cream and cake meant for her birthday party to throw a celebration and rally for local high school stu... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 27 | Anne goes to New Orleans to stay with Winnie, who won't take her in. Anne knows Winnie is scared of receiving threats be... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 28 | Anne realizes she needs to return to the movement. She joins the New Orleans chapter of CORE. Black Louisiana residents ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 29 | Anne is welcomed back to the Canton Freedom House in May 1964. She immediately begins preparing for a march. Anne is ast... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 30 | When Anne goes back to Canton for the summer, Mrs. Chinn tells her she's wasting her time—the situation in town hasn't i... Read More |
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