Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

Actors

• David Armstrong (actor)
• Louis E. Armstrong (actor)
• Alec Baldwin (actor)
• Thom Barry (actor)
• L.D. Bass Sr. (actor)
• Ben Bennett (actor)
• James Homer Best (actor)
• Ramon Bieri (actor)
• Lucas Black (actor)
• Ed Bryson (actor)
• Stokely Carmichael (actor)
• David Carpenter (actor)
• Bill Cobbs (actor)
• Delmar Dennis (actor)
• Ted Alderman (actor)

Genres

• Drama

Taglines:

In 1963 civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered in his own driveway. For 30 years his assassin has remained free. Is it ever too late to do the right thing?
In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his wife and children. In 1994, the time was right for justice.
From the director of A FEW GOOD MEN comes a compelling TRUE STORY.

Quotes:

[Quoting Medgar Evers]::Myrlie Evers: I don't know if I'm going to heaven or to hell, but I'm going from Jackson.

Bobby: Grandpa Russell had guns all over his house and we don't have any guns.::Drew: I have a gun.::Bobby: Well, yours is a nuclear powered lasergun. I'm talking about handguns and rifles.

[Quoting Medgar Evers]::Myrlie Evers: When you hate, the only one that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care.

[about Medgar Evers' widow pursuing the murder case for decades]::Bobby DeLaughter: I think about her keeping this thing alive all this time. Imagine a woman loving a man so much.::Charlie Crisco: Hell, I can't even get a woman to love me while I'm still alive.

[Addressing the jury in summation]::Bobby DeLaughter: Today, thirty years later, I'm asking you twelve ladies and gentlemen to act boldly; to hold this defendant accountable and find him guilty... simply because it is right, it is just, and Lord knows, it is time. Is it ever too late to do the right thing?

Bobby DeLaughter: I don't see what difference it makes if a man was bushwhacked yesterday, today, or 27 damn years ago. Murder is murder. And it's still my job to bring the son of a bitch to justice. And it's still your job to help me.::Delamar Dennis: No! I did my job. I testified against the Klan. They shot out my windows, blew up my car, they hunted and harassed me for twenty five years. Don't that get me even for the wrong I done?::Bobby DeLaughter: We never get even for the wrong we've done.

Byron De La Beckwith: Free at last, free at last... Great God Almighty, I'm free at last!

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991)

Actors

• Casey Biggs (actor)
• Beau Billingslea (actor)
• Sandy Bull (actor)
• Shaun Duke (actor)
• David Gale (actor)
• Hal Havins (actor)
• John M. Jackson (actor)
• John Nesci (actor)
• James Parks (actor)
• Carl Anthony Payne II (actor)
• Wiley M. Pickett (actor)
• Roger Rook (actor)
• James Staley (actor)
• Roger Steffens (actor)
• Corbin Bernsen (actor)

Genres

• Drama

Dees, Morris Filmography

• KKK: Inside American Terror
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - SPLC co-founder
• Breakfast with Hunter
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hate.Com: Extremists on the Internet
  2000, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Nazi America: A Secret History
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself - Southern Poverty Law Center
• The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself - Co-Founder of Southern Poverty Law Center

Morris, Dee Filmography

• Can a Song Save Your Life?
  2013, role: actor , character name: Band Member

Famous quotes by Morris Dees:

"Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat."

"[This is what he said in The Washington Post about our attorney general and his actions:] The heat of this battle certainly matured this young man, ... His actions behind the scenes to orchestrate the state officials handling these things saved Alabama from constitutional crisis."

"(Furrow) may have acted alone when he took his gun to target those Jewish children, ... but it's the (Aryan Nations') teachings of violence against Jews and the fear of Jews among its members that directly led him to do this."

"When we got into this case, ranchers all along the border were allowing these types to come on their property, ... Now, they're very leery of it, especially when they see someone loosing their ranch because of it."

"Our supporters can send the message that it's wrong for politically connected corporations to make millions while people doing an honest day's work are being cheated out of an honest day's pay."

"Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse."

"The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world."

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

"What the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe, plantation owners and law enforcement [officers] were doing to the African-Americans."

"What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special."

"Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson."

"She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public."

"A lot has happened since Dr. King left us. He probably wouldn't recognize the landscape if he saw it, but I still believe he would still have the same spiritual faith and also faith in us as people - not only people in our nation, but people in the world."

"It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore."

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Mercy Gates - Saw Doctors
• Mercy Gates - The Saw Doctors

You might see me in the paper
Or hear me on the radio
And you'll probably imagine
That I've forgotten you
Long long ago
Well I couldn't if i tried
Though you might think i tell a lie
I'll hold you in my memory
From now
Until the day I die
Bomber jackets and young girls smile
Valentines and county trials
Meeting at the mercy gates
All afternoon I couldn't wait
My thoughts
Were just of kissing you
Now I might be mistaken
But I think we met somewhere before
Was I drunk and stoned and dancing
On some salt hill disco's slippy floor
With you nose on someone's shoulder
Slow dancing tightly intertwined
I wish we swapped our partners
And continued dancing
Till he end of time
Bomber jackets and young girls smile
Valentines and county trials
Meeting at the mercy gates
All afternoon I couldn't wait
Duffel coats and desert boots
The teacher spoke of Brian Boru
My thoughts were just of kissing you
My thoughts were just of kissing you

You might see me in the paper
Or hear me on the radio
And you€™ll probably imagine
That I€™ve forgotten you
Long long ago
Well I couldn€™t if i tried
Though you might think i tell a lie
I€™ll hold you in my memory
From now
Until the day I die
Bomber jackets and young girls smile
Valentines and county trials
Meeting at the mercy gates
All afternoon I couldn€™t wait
My thoughts
Were just of kissing you
Now I might be mistaken
But I think we met somewhere before
Was I drunk and stoned and dancing
On some salt hill disco€™s slippy floor
With you nose on someone€™s shoulder
Slow dancing tightly intertwined
I wish we swapped our partners
And continued dancing
Till he end of time
Bomber jackets and young girls smile
Valentines and county trials
Meeting at the mercy gates
All afternoon I couldn€™t wait
Duffel coats and desert boots
The teacher spoke of Brian Boru
My thoughts were just of kissing you
My thoughts were just of kissing you
Copyright: L.Moran/D.Carton/P.Doherty