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Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three of them are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Original Release
02/18/1987
US Release
02/18/1987
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ella Baker | Self |
| Rita Schwerner Bender | Self |
| Unita Blackwell | Self |
| Julian Bond | Narrator |
| Tom P. Brody | Self |
| Hodding Carter III | Self |
| Fannie Chaney | Self |
| Dave Dennis | Self |
| Medgar Evers | Self |
| Myrlie Evers | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ella Baker | Self |
| Rita Schwerner Bender | Self |
| Unita Blackwell | Self |
| Julian Bond | Narrator |
| Tom P. Brody | Self |
| Hodding Carter III | Self |
| Fannie Chaney | Self |
| Dave Dennis | Self |
| Medgar Evers | Self |
| Myrlie Evers | Self |
| James Farmer | Self |
| James Forman | Self |
| Andrew Goodman | Self |
| Carolyn Goodman | Self |
| Robert Goodman | Self |
| Robert Goralski | Self |
| Victoria Gray-Adams | Self |
| Lawrence Guyot | Self |
| Fannie Lou Hamer | Self |
| J. Edgar Hoover | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michael Ambrosino | Executive Producer |
| Mark Samels | Executive Producer |
| Orlando Bagwell | Producer |
| Prudence Arndt | Producer |
| Alison Bassett | Producer |
| Jon Else | Producer |
| Henry Hampton | Producer |
| Judith Vecchione | Producer |
