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Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964

Mississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.

English
  • Originally Aired February 18, 1987
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network PBS
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Name Type Role
Steve Fayer Writer
Orlando Bagwell Director