Spies of Mississippi

Name: Spies of Mississippi
Director: Dawn Porter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-02-10
Duration: 3600000 s
Cast: Ross Barnett, Margaret Block, R.L. Bolden

Directed by Dawn Porter

2014 60m TV-PG

Documentary

7.471%

"Spies of Mississippi unveils the covert operations of a clandestine agency funded by the state to uphold segregation. Nestled within the Capitol, this spy network morphed from propaganda to surveillance, revealing a hidden chapter of America’s Civil Rights struggle through extensive archives."

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Cast of Spies of Mississippi

Ross BarnettSelf - Mississippi Governor 1960-1964
Margaret BlockSelf - Civil Rights Activist
R.L. BoldenSelf - Investigator, Day Detective Agency
Rick BowersSelf - Author, 'Spies of Mississippi'
Fannie ChaneySelf - Mother of James Chaney
James P. ColemanSelf - Mississippi Governor 1956-1960
Ralph EubanksSelf - Mississippi Native
Percy GreeneSelf
Lawrence GuyotSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Horace H. Harned Jr.Self - Member, Mississippi Sovereignty Commission
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President of the USA 1963-1969
Paul JohnsonSelf - Mississippi Governor 1964-1968
Robert F. KennedySelf - United States Attorney General 1961-1964
Edwin KingSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Civil Rights Activist
John LewisSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Robert LuckettSelf - Assistant Professor of History, Jackson State University
Neil R. McMillenSelf - Professor Emeritus, University of Southern Mississippi
Jerry MitchellSelf - Investigative Reporter, The Clarion-Ledger
Bob MosesSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Janet MosesSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Nathan H. SchwernerSelf - Father of Michael Schwerner
Bennie ThompsonSelf - U.S. Representative, Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District
Hollis WatkinsSelf - Civil Rights Activist
William WinterSelf - Mississippi Governor 1980-1984