Freedom, Equality and Power describes the trend of society over the last 3 centuries. In general, as time passes more and more people receive more freedom and rights; however, this is not the case for some groups in certain places, an example of this is African Americans. In the South, for example, just recently African Americans have not been victims of segregation. This mistreatment of African Americans is elaborated in Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi. Moody explains what growing up in the South in the 1950s meant to her. Anne Moody's story embodies the transformation of civil rights in America's history. Poverty was a big problem for Anne Moody growing up. Moody was born in 1940 in rural Mississippi. African Americans with different shades of skin color also cause conflict. Different skin color among African Americans causes conflict. In Anne's story, women who have lighter skin are seen as more beautiful than those who have darker skin. In particular, Raymond's confidant is yellower than the others and is consequently considered more beautiful. Judging people based on skin color is not only done by whites, but also by African Americans. Furthermore, skin color is not the only aspect that matters in societies. Clothing also matters a lot: whether it's a school uniform, jeans, or a homecoming dress, people always notice clothing. Anne places great importance on her appearance during the homecoming, she is by far the most beautiful of the girls, and the others notice this and become jealous. Furthermore, the trend of wearing tight clothing begins. She was the first to wear skinny jeans and others liked it, so they started doing the same thing and a trend was born. Furthermore, there is always the desire to appear better than others. Appearance has been and will always be important in society, Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody reinforces this idea. Even when conditions are bleak and oppressive, people always strive to appear as beautiful as they are. Emotions and feelings are common to everyone on earth and this is demonstrated in Moody's book. There are common human emotions which prove that all people contain the same emotions regardless of outward appearance. For example, Anne Moody experiences hatred, compassion, greed, and a sense of duty throughout the book. After Moody joins the movement, she meets some high school students who are having some of the same problems as her, namely not having money for school clothes. He becomes extremely compassionate and offers to help them get clothes: "My whole childhood came to life again. I thought of how much my mothers had suffered with us when we were abandoned by my father. How we were always hungry, not never having anything to eat but bread and on rare occasions beans and bread” (339). Anne experiences emotions similar to those of others she knows and people she does not know. People with common emotions bring people