Throughout the story of Mississippi Burning, the deep-seated racism and segregation of the town and the greater society are conveyed excellently by the cast. However, the way the movie addresses ...

The third, James Chaney, was black and from Mississippi. In the heady days of the spring of ’64 with the civil rights bills moving through Congress, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) announced an ...

The movie features Hackman as FBI Agent Rupert Anderson, who is sent to Mississippi to investigate the murders. The case was often referred to by the FBI as "Mississippi Burning" in reference to ...

He won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and Unforgiven (1992) and was Oscar-nominated for roles in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988).

He went on to appear in Mississippi Burning, which earned him an Oscars nomination in 1988, before winning the Academy Award for his Unforgiven role in 1992. Hackman famously appeared in The ...