William J. Simmons
Actor · 1916 – 2007 · Utica, Mississippi, USA
William James Simmons was a leader of the segregationist white Citizens Council of Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Movie7.2DocumentaryIn the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
Freedom Summer
2014 · 6 votes