sentences:  For the first time, she realizes the extent to which many whites in Mississippi will go to protect their way of life – white supremacy – and the appalling powerlessness of the blacks – what most whites considered savages.When she asks her mother for the meaning of "NAACP" (referring to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), after hearing it from Mrs. Burke, the white woman she works for, her mother tells her never to mention that word in front of any white person, and, if possible, not at all.Shortly thereafter, Moody discovers that there is one adult in her life who could offer her the answers she seeks