The Civil Rights movement affected every American in a significant and lasting way, both Anglos and African Americans. For Negroes, as they were called at that time, the experience was either empowering or paralyzing. Anne Moody and the other activists were empowered because they chose to embrace the movement and utilize it as a means to fight back against racial injustice. On the other hand, fear of retaliation paralyzed scores of others. Anne's family disowned her (pp. 261 and 344) and countless others refused to get involved or even register to vote because of fear. For whites, the movement either instilled hatred deep within their being as evidenced by the KKK murders, or they became supportive, like Reverend King, C.O. Chinn (p. 304) and others who participated in the protests and voter registrations. The basic and constant struggle for Anne was to motivate the Negroes to recognize their collective power...