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"Turn around, Queen, look at yourself": A Look at Eunice N. Finch as Mrs. Willis in Coming of Age in Mississippi
Copyright (c) 2018 by Roscoe Barnes III
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This article presents new information on Mrs. Willis of Willis High School in Anne Moody's, Coming of Age in Mississippi. The author contends that Mrs. Willis was actually Eunice N. Finch, whose husband, Anselm J. Finch, served as principal of Finch High School, aka Willis High, in Centreville, Miss. Moody changed the names of many people -- and a few places --in her book.
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Anne MoodyComing of Age in MississippiEunice N. FinchAnselm J. FinchFinch High SchoolWillis High SchoolCivil RightsHistoryBiographyLiteratureMississippiWilkinson County Training SchoolCharles E. JohnsonYearbookBlack HistoryAfrican American HistoryAfrican American StudiesWomen's HistoryBiographyEducation not elsewhere classifiedEthnic StudiesGender studiesHistoryHistorical Studies not elsewhere classifiedLiterature
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