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Mississippi Burning Questions (based on the film and on the hand-out about the events the film is based on)

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What is FBI short for?Federal Bureau of Investigation
When does the film take place?1964
What was the summer of 1964 in Mississippi called?Freedom Summer
Who was J.E. Hoover?Director of the FBI from 1935 - 1972
What did Deputy Pell say he arrested the three Civil Rights Activists for?Speeding
Where did the activists plan to set up a "voter registration clinic"?A church
Even though Mississippi has four "eyes" it can't... what? (according to Mr Anderson)see
Which law=act outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks in 1964?The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which law=act outlawed discriminatory voting practices in the US in 1965?The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is NAACP short for?The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
What is KKK short for?Ku Klux Klan
Who is the informant in the film?Deputy Pell's wife
Who pays a visit to the barbershop and beats up Deputy Pell?Mr Anderson
Who tells the abducted mayor a tale about the castration of a black man?An FBI Special Agent especially flown in to intimidate the mayor
What is Mr Anderson's first name?Rupert
Who is acquitted?Sheriff Stuckey
Who kills himself?The Mayor (Tilman)
Who has her home ransacked?Mrs Pell
According to the leader in the black and white film (in "Mississippi Burning" the primary goal of the KKK is...?"...to protect the Anglo-Saxon democracy and the American way"
According to the leader in the black and white film (in "Mississippi Burning") the mixing of races would result in..."... a mongrel class of people" NB: a mongrel = en hund af blandet race / en bastard



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