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    Murder in Mississippi

    1990 · Docudrama · 1h 36m

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  1. Reviews 59% Audience Score 100+ Ratings In 1964, New York City activist Mickey Schwerner (Tom Hulce) takes a field position in rural Mississippi on behalf of the civil rights group known as the...

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      Murder in Mississippi 1h 36m Drama Directed By: Roger Young...

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      When John Dillon steals horses from Thad Goodwin's farm,...

  2. Murder in Mississippi is a 1990 American television film which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder during Freedom Summer in 1964.

  3. 3 out of 3 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. White dilettante Carol Lee Byrd (a solid performance by Sheila Britt) and her two friends are arrested by mean racist Sheriff Engstrom (a superbly slimy portrayal by Derek Crane) in the deep south for encouraging browbeaten black locals to become registered voters.

  4. Reviews. Murder in Mississippi Review. A personal account of the circumstances surrounding the murder of three Civil Rights workers in Mississippi during the voter registration drives of...

  5. 5.4 /10. 207. YOUR RATING. Rate. Crime Drama. Liberal students from Northern cities drive to the South to encourage social justice reform. The overture is confusing with a realism from criminals in office and a hint of national sentiment leaning towards equality for all. Director. Joseph P. Mawra. Writer. Herbert S. Altman. Stars. Sheila Britt.

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    • Crime, Drama
    • Joseph P. Mawra
    • 1965-10
  6. Roger Young. Synopsis. In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last...

  7. Feb 5, 1990 · Murder in Mississippi: Directed by Roger Young. With Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder. In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration.

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