Coming of Age in Mississippi | Summary and Analysis High School: Chapters 10 – 17
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Emmett Till: A teenage boy who is killed for flirting with a white woman.
Mrs. Rice: A teacher who tells Anne about the NAACP and who mysteriously vanishes.
Mr. Fox: A white sheriff who is having an affair with a young black woman.
Bess: A high school girl who is having an affair with Mr. Fox.
Sheriff Ed Cassidy: The sheriff who beats Jerry, a black boy in Anne’s high school.
Jerry: A classmate of Anne’s who is beaten up by police without reason.
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