Special Feature - Juneteenth Production Documentaries
Mississippi, America (60 min, 1996 | American Bar Assoc. Silver Gavel Award)
56m
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
In the summer of 1964, a handful of Mississippi attorneys issued a nationwide call for assistance as they struggled to defend imprisoned civil rights activists. This classic documentary examines the work of local and out of state lawyers who answered the call.
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