Introduction+to+Civil+Rights+Mississippi+Burning

In 1964, hundreds of students, black and white, joined the 'Mississippi Summer Project' and worked with local black leaders on a variety of tasks, including voter registration projects. Large numbers of southern blacks were being denied the right to vote because they could not pass the required literacy and comprehension tests, tests that were often to the ones taken by the whites. Three young civil rights workers were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, shortly after the project began. This incident formed the basis of the feature films, Mississippi Burning and Murder in Mississippi.

** Famous quotes from Mississippi Burning: **

 * Major Tilman:** Do you like baseball, do you, Anderson?
 * Anderson:** Yeah I do. You know, it's the only time when a black man can wave a stick at a white man and not start a riot.


 * Anderson:** You know, if I were a Negro, I'd probably think the same way as you do.
 * Ward:** If you were a Negro, nobody would give a dam what you thought.

Use the following handouts, answer the questions whilst watching the films: Mississippi Burning, Murder in Mississippi.
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