Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi

Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi
Author :
Publisher : Ishi Press
Total Pages : 330
Release :
ISBN-10 : 4871873390
ISBN-13 : 9784871873390
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi by : Don Whitehead

Download or read book Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi written by Don Whitehead and published by Ishi Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and taken to the county jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Deputy Price released them at 10:00 PM in a conspiracy with members of the Ku Klux Klan. Shortly after their release, the three were overtaken on a rural road by the members of the Klan. They were then beaten and shot and their bodies buried in an earthen dam. It took 44 days for their bodies to be found and those convicted received light sentences. It took another 40 years before the identity of the informant who revealed the whereabouts of the bodies became known. The identity of "the mysterious Mr. X," the informant, was a closely held secret by the US government for 40 years. Journalist finally uncovered his identity: This is one of many books about this infamous incident. This book was made into a movie, Mississippi Burning. There have been so many books, movies, magazine and newspaper articles about this incident that it is not possible to list them all. The court case was retried in 2005 and new convictions obtained in 2007. Several films have dramatized these events. In 1974, a CBS made-for-television movie aired, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan, co-starring Wayne Rogers and Ned Beatty. This was followed in 1988 by Mississippi Burning, with Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman; and in 1990 by Murder in Mississippi.


Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi Related Books

Attack on Terror the FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Don Whitehead
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05 - Publisher: Ishi Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and taken to the county jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Deputy
Terror in the Night
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Jack Nelson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A star Newsman's riveting story of the Ku Klux Klan's Campaign to terrorize Mississippi Jews.
The Story of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Language: en
Pages: 24
Authors: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Language: en
Pages: 487
Authors: Ted Ownby
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-24 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Contributions by Chris Myers Asch, Emilye Crosby, David Cunningham, Jelani Favors, Françoise N. Hamlin, Wesley Hogan, Robert Luckett, Carter Dalton Lyon, Byron
Race Against Time
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Jerry Mitchell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-02 - Publisher: Simon & Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil