enough of an impact to effect the laws of segregation in Montgomery, which had a domino effect in other southern states. Every individual involved in the Civil Rights Movement couldn’t be the “leader”, everyone played a significant and pertinent part that effected the movement. Ms. Parks was no doubt the catalyst. Her quiet determination, principles and certainty of right and wrong in the face of diversity, made her an inevitable catalyst. (Williams, p. 74.)Anne MoodyAnne Moody in my eyes is a woman who can be considered the epitome of the Civil Rights Movement. From her childhood through her adult life, the events that took place throughout her life, shaped her into the civil rights activist she eventually became. From early in her childhood, she had somewhat of a rebellious attitude, and wasn’t afraid to speak for what she believed to be right. She was born in Centreville, Mississippi to poor African-American sharecroppers. She received her early education in the segregated school system of the South. In 1959, she was awarded a basketball scholarship and attended Natchez Junior College, and later transferred to Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, where she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. Anne Moody helped organize the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and in 1963 participated in a sit-in demonstration at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter. (Britannica Online: Women in American History). Anne Moody had so much hope and aspirations for the Civil Rights Movement. Especially, when the movement prepared for the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many other leaders were going to address not only the marchers but the whole country. In her book, Anne Moody discusses how after the march, and on her way back to Mississippi, she thought about the fact that she had really forgotten what it was like to be out of an atmosphere of fear and threats. (Moody, p...
