Anne Moody to be honored with marker on Mississippi Freedom Trail

Date:2025-08-28 03:01:11 Category:US Views:1 Comment:0

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Mississippi Freedom Trail will honor Anne Moody, an author and civil rights advocate who died in 2015 at the age of 74, with a new marker in her hometown of Centreville.

The Visit Natchez Cultural Legacy announced the marker is set to be unveiled at a public ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. The unveiling will be on Moody’s birth date.

According to a news release from the tourism group, Moody’s legacy lives on in the memoir she wrote, “Coming of Age in Mississippi,” which detailed her experiences growing up in poverty in the Jim Crow South. She risked her life for civil rights for Black Americans, suffering mob violence and incarceration.

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Moody wrote about the church where the marker will be. Rev. LeReginald Jones said the church community celebrates her legacy.

“We’re also proud to have this marker placed permanently at the place that helped Anne to become the freedom fighter that we now admire. We perpetually thank her for her service, boldness, and determination to see a more just and humane society,” Jones said.