Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi"

Anne Moody's story about the assassination of Medgar Evers from her autobiography, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," was a very powerful story. From reading her words, I could feel her emotions about Evers and the events that happened after his assassination. I felt bad that no one at the college would go to protest with Moody after Evers had been shot. They all supported Evers but when it came down to it, they would not even pay their respects to the recently departed.  

Also, I was disguisted with what the policemen did to the protesters. If they would have directly taking them to jail, it still would have been wrong, but not as barbaric as torturing them in the fairgrounds. All being stuffed in a paddy wagon like cattle is no way to be treated in a country that was based off of freedom. It upsets me that people had to go through bullshit like that in order to have the same rights as people of a different color.