Murder in Mississippi

Release Date: 1990-02-05

Overview: In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.

Rating: 6.7 / 10

Cast

Tom Hulce

as Mickey Schwerner

Jennifer Grey

as Rita Schwerner

Blair Underwood

as James Chaney

CCH Pounder

as Fannie Lee Chaney

Andre Braugher

as Dennis