1. Ghosts of Mississippi

3. Historical Themes Civil Rights Movement Racism in America
Hate Groups/Hate Crimes
The South then and now (1990s)
Making up for past injustices
Legal Process

7. Ku Klux Klan
Founded in the years after the Civil War by Confederate veterans
Opposed Reconstruction acts by violence, intimidation, and murder
Is it legal to be part of this group?
Why?

10. KKK Today Membership reached as many as 5,000,000 in the 1920s
Estimated 5,000 people part of 40 different groups with hundreds of chapters in each
Enemies list includes Jews, Catholics, LGBTQ community, and immigrant groups

12. WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS
Aryan Nations
Creativity Movement/World Church of the Creator
National Alliance
National Socialist Movement
The Nationalist Movement
White Revolution

14. Hate Crimes
Victim is targeted because of his or her membership in a certain group
Defined by race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, etc.
Physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters (hate mail).

16. Emmett Till 14 year old beaten, shot to death, and thrown in the river
All White Jury found two defendants NOT GUILTY after an hour
"Your ancestors will turn over in their grave, and I'm sure every last Anglo-Saxon one of you has the courage to free these men.“ –Closing Statement

18. Mississippi Burning-1964
Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner
7 KKK members were convicted and sentenced from 3 to 10 years (none served more than 6 years)
2005 Edgar Ray Killen-Convicted and sentenced to 60 years

20. Medgar Evers
“It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don’t choose to live anywhere else. There’s land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I’m going to do it some day. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens—if the white man will let them....” —Medgar Evers, “Why I Live in Mississippi”

21. Civil Rights Leader and active member of the NAACP
Lawyer for James Meredith who was first African American to graduate from University of Mississippi
Killed on June 12, 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith, a fertilizer salesman and member of the White Citizens' Council and Ku Klux Klan

22. Historical Liberties/Omissions
Portrayal of DeLaughter’s family (first wife, in-laws, parents)
Restroom meeting
Press Conference not held on steps in front of large crowd
Reaction of white Mississippians