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Three civil rights workers go missing amid the tension of the civil rights movement and the growing presence of The KKK in Mississippi. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law ...
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Feb 25, 2019 · Mississippi Burning - Federal Bureau of Integration: Agents Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Ward (Willem Dafoe) are greeted with snickers at the sheriff's office.
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The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement.
Jun 21, 2022 · The murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 turned into one of Bureau’s biggest investigations of the era.
On June 21st, 1964, three activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were kidnapped and killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the 1...
Jun 28, 2021 · The three Freedom Summer workers, all in their 20s, had been investigating the burning of a black church near Philadelphia, Mississippi when they disappeared in June of 1964.
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In 1988, the film Mississippi Burning was loosely based on the trial and the events surrounding the murder. It starred Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents who travel to Mississippi to uncover the events surrounding the disappearance of three civil rights workers.
