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PART I : After watching the movie "Mississippi Burning" answer the following questions: 2 points each

1. Why wouldn't the blacks in the South talk to the FBI agents about the missing civil rights activists? What tactics did the KKK use to discourage this?

2. Why did the KKK burn a cross outside the motel in which the FBI agents were staying and shoot at them through the window?

3. Why were Mr. Ward's investigational tactics not successful?

4. Give 2 examples from the film of how blacks in the South were segregated from the whites.

5. Who was the black man that interrogated the mayor? Why did the filmmaker have a black man in that role?

6. Why did the FBI go after the men for civil rights violations instead of murder?

7. Explain the statement made by the FBI agent, "Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing."

8. What is significant about the gathering at the burned-down church in the final scene?

9. Why does Mr. Ward call Mr. Anderson by his first name at the end of the movie?

10. Did you like the movie? Why or why not?

PART II: 

Given the comments of the townspeople who were interviewed by the media, how do you believe that people's entrenched attitudes and beliefs of prejudice and hatred can change? What is your perception of white attitudes towards blacks in today's society? Are there lessons we have learned from the civil rights movement that can be used to eliminate modern day prejudices such as anti-semitism or anti-gay attitudes?

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