[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING CIVIL RIGHTS ICON ANNE MOODY

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2018

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the late 
Civil Rights icon, Anne Moody.
  Ms. Moody was a native of Centreville, Mississippi, and was vital to 
the Civil Rights Movement in the state. While a student at Tougaloo 
College, she became heavily involved in organizations, such as Congress 
of Racial Equality (CORE), National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People (NAACP), and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
(SNCC). In 1963, Moody became a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights 
Movement when newspapers featured a photograph of her participation in 
a sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi. Ms. 
Moody is best remembered for her best-selling novel `Coming Age of 
Mississippi' released in 1968.
  During the last years of her life, Ms. Moody suffered from dementia. 
On February 5, 2015 at 74-years-old, she passed away.
  Today, we honor the life and legacy of Ms. Anne Moody and family.

                          ____________________