re: "We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney and the Civil Rights

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Downloading the book.

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Excellent.

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And watching Mississippi Burning for you

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Pretty good movie. I loved Gene Hackman. His character was loosely based on FBI agent John Proctor, whose office was in Meridian. Willem Dafoe's character was loosely based on FBI agent Joseph Sullivan, whom Tom Clancy eulogized as the greatest lawman in American history when Sullivan died in 2002. Proctor is still alive, though retired.

Btw, the movie's title "Mississippi Burning" comes from the codename for the FBI's investigation, "MIBURN" for "Mississippi Burning"