Anne Moody was a civil rights activist who was immortalized via a photo showing an angry white mob physically assaulting her during a peaceful lunch counter protest in 1963. Moody ultimately chronicled her journey in an award-winning book but never sought the spotlight.
Moody was born in the Centreville area of Mississippi as the eldest of eight children reared by her single mother. Facing poverty and the enduring racial tensions of the deep South, Moody threw herself into academics and athletics. In 1961, Moody earned a basketball scholarship to the all-Black Natchez Junior College before entering Tougaloo College.
While at Tougaloo, Moody worked alongside groups such as the NAACP, SNCC, and CORE. As part of this work, Moody joined a Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in protest in May of 1963. Moody and her compatriots were verbally and physically assaulted by angry white mobs who poured condiments and other items on their heads. (READ MORE)
