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Ghosts of Mississippi

Name: Ghosts of Mississippi
Director: Rob Reiner
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1996-12-20
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson

DramaHistory

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

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Cast

Alec BaldwinWhoopi GoldbergJames WoodsCraig T. NelsonSusanna ThompsonLucas BlackJoseph TelloAlexa PenaVegaWilliam H. MacyLloyd 'Benny' BennettDarrell EversYolanda King

Director

Rob Reiner

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