...Civil Rights Film (Mississippi Burning) Find an old or current film that focuses on the United States’ Vietnam War or the Civil Rights movement (the period from 1958 -1973). Show a clip (without commercials) from the film and discuss the director’s message and the film’s reception. (20%, 7 min max) Directed by Alan Parker written by Chris Gerolmo the 1988 film “Mississippi Burning”, depicts an acute sense of rural Mississippi in 1964. The movie is loosely based on the true story of the disappearances of three civil rights workers Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. These three men were young civil rights workers who were a part of a voter registration drive in Mississippi. The movie strays away from the feel of a documentary but loosely offers the facts in a bloody, gritty police drama. Lead actors in the film are Gene Anderson and Willem Dafore who depicted the fictional FBI agents who led on the case. The directors message in the time it was released (1988) was to evoke clearly how recently in the past the rights of African Americans were routinely and legally denied particularly in the South. Also I to give “Mississippi Burning” was looked at by some as the best American film of 1988 and a likely candidate for the Academy Award as the year’s best picture when it was released. It was nominated for several awards and most notably won the Oscar Best Cinematography. However it also generated responses from critiques stating that it offered a limited or misleading depiction...
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...1. What is the movie about? Mississippi Burning is movie that’s based on true incidents. It is about the segregation and racism in the Southern States and a great example of KKKs racist actions. In 1964 two FBI agents have been sent down to the southern states to investigate the disappearing of three civil rights activists, which were last seen in a small town in Mississippi. As the two agents have different backgrounds they tend to handle things dissimilar. The younger agents name is Alan Ward, and he does everything by the book. He’s much tensed about his job, and takes everything serious. He’s also officially the leader of the operation. The older agent is Rupert Anderson, and he’s much more relaxed in general. As he’s raised in a small village in Mississippi he understands the culture in a way Alan wouldn’t. A lot of black peoples churches gets burned down, and several murders are committed, all signed by the KKKs burning cross. It gets a larger twist of drama when the older agent, Rupert, gets a sensual relationship with the sheriff’s deputy’s wife. When they find the car which the missing activists were driving, and get brutally assaulted, Alan calls in for backup, lots of it. It starts looking really bad for the agents, but when things start getting personal for Rupert then the tides turn. One by one they either trick or use severe methods against the worst KKK members. Once one has spoken, then the remaining bastards eventually get caught. The movie ends with a slideshow...
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...Mississippi Burning is a movie from 1988 which is taking place in the state of Mississippi in 1964. The movie follows two FBI agents who are looking for three young, believed to be, anti-segregation activists. After finding out that the police officers in the town, where all this is taking place, might be members of the Ku Klux Klan they decided to try and take down them. It leads the towns black citizens in danger, but eventually everything was smoothed out. The white community in the movie are way more controlling than the black community. A clear example is seen early in the movie as the two FBI agents walks into a typical American diner. In the front where all the windows and natural lightning is the white has the perfect seats, meanwhile in the back the black community is forced to sit in a nearly unlit corner. Also the black community is living in wooden looking shack structures, where a single dirt road is leading to their designated homes from the town itself. The white community owns the shops in the town and most of them seen in the movie are clearly made for only white people. The two FBI agents, in the beginning of the movie, are not a like. The most justice seeking one is leading the operation, and goes by the name Agent Alan Ward. While the other agent, Agent Rupert Anderson, only got this job because it was issued by his boss, and not driven by personal interest in finding justice to these missing young men. The not so equality seeking, Anderson brags about...
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...Mississippi Burning “It was June 1964—the start of “Freedom Summer,” (“Mississippi Burning”) and three boys were heading to Mississippi to help recruit African Americans to vote for the first time. During the ride, they are pulled over by several vehicles under the suspension of speeding and were never seen alive again. “The KKK was in a murderous mood.” (“Mississippi Burning”). In the south from years 1935 to the late 1960’s, an African American could not sneeze without being hung or convicted for an absurd crime. In the 1960’s white people who showed kindness to black people were considered to be just as bad as black people if not worse. That is the case for the Mississippi Burning boys. How is it possible for a group of men, made up of police officers and citizens, find it rational to murder innocent people? And why because they want to make a difference or because they were travelling with a boy who was black?...
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...Stratification Media Analysis Adriane Benjamin SOC/100 Becky Russell Stratification Media Analysis A Time to kill is a film about an African American family living in a small town in Mississippi, where the daughter of an African American couple was raped by a white male that was an affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan. The father of the little girl ended up having to stand trial because he killed one of the men that were involved in his daughter’s rape. He had a long-time friend by the name of Jake Brigance, who were a white male. The main idea circled around whether a black man should ever be allowed to kill a white man, under any circumstances. The issue is not murder but discrimination, and it is compound by the fact that America is a primarily a white country. The issue through this all was racism and being in the south in 1984, where whites still treated the blacks poorly. “This was Mississippi, where for years whites shot blacks for any reason or no reason and no one cared; where whites raped blacks and it was considered sport; where blacks were hanged for fighting back.” ― John Grisham, A Time to Kill Set in the deep south of the back fields of northern Mississippi in the 1980’s, the setting was perfect for there to be battle between the blacks and the white, as it has been brewing since before the civil rights days. Placing the story in this time and place is the most natural discovery of buried hatchets and the most subtle revelations of festering wounds and double...
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...Kimberly Scott Wednesday, March 26, 2003 The Pursuit of a Dream Janet Sharp Herman Mississippi History 411 1. In this book there is a dream trying to be achieved. First, Jefferson Davis tries to create an ideal society. This society would be one in which members would strive to make the society work for all of its participants. Davis leaves his job as a successful lawyer to implement this dream. He buys a plantation and slaves. Among his slaves he tries to construct this new society. The Civil War put an end to Davis’ pursuit of this dream. But all was not lost for it. Benjamin Montgomery, one of Davis’ former slaves, brought Davis’ land and tried to continue the dream himself. After a period of prosperity, the society again began to decline. His son Isaiah Montgomery moved himself and a number of Davis’ former slaves to a small settlement in the Mississippi Delta. The area later was named Mound Bayou and served to be the ideal society for post-war blacks. The colony prospered and later declined. The theme of the book was the ultimate achievement of the dream. No matter who was trying to execute it or where they were trying to achieve it, the dream was the most important element of the book. The author’s main points were the start of the dream, Davis’s persistent pursuit of the dream, and Montgomerys later taking the dream to another level. 2. Joseph Davis’ dream was an ideal society. This society would be an efficient, prosperous slave plantation...
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...Lasinda Lemons Professor Hix English 1302 Section 11417 October 2, 2006 A Rose for Emily In “A Rose for Emily” I feel the story is being narrated in third person not only by one person but also from several of the townspeople, most of those being white southern locals (based on the time period of the story). The story is set in Jefferson, Mississippi during the early 1900’s. The author of the story William Faulkner himself came from Mississippi, which is an inspiration for many of his other stories. Jefferson is a critical setting in much of his work. Faulkner bases most of his stories in the Southern part of the United States using Southern cultures and history in his writings. Faulkner himself had a great-grandfather that was a member of the Confederate Army and served as a model for Colonel Sartoris, which is a character in “A Rose for Emily”. In the beginning of the story the whole town went to Emily’s funeral, “the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house” (Faulkner 467), this shows how the townspeople felt about the eccentric spinster. Emily was a proud woman and wanted the people in Jefferson to know that she was. Faulkner captures the feelings of most of the townspeople when he writes that, “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (468). Emily and her family were members of high society...
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...6/3/14 Period 2 Hurricane Katrina My family and I were living in New Orleans at the time and it was less than 24 hours before the hurricane hit. You could hardly tell though, the weather was beautiful outside. The sun was out and there wasn’t a single cloud in sight. So my friend and I went to Seven Eleven to grab some junk food we could take to the shelter with us before the storm hit. As I walked into the store, I couldn’t help but notice a suspicious looking guy standing over by the Slurpee machines. He gave me the most intimidating look and stared at me for a good minute. That’s when I got the feeling that something wasn’t right. Something really bad was about to happen. I grabbed my friend and insisted that we leave . I told her how the guy was about to do something but she figured I was just being paranoid, and so she just continued to look for junk food. I looked over to see if the guy was still standing there but he was gone. All of a sudden I hear people screaming. I look over to see an man pointing a gun at the cashier and another guy waving a gun at the customers. My heart fell into my stomach. I grabbed my friend and ran to hide in the next aisle. I pulled out my phone and started to dial 911, but right then and there, the guy spotted me. I froze in fear as he came toward me with his gun. He pointed the gun at me. I knew that was the moment my life was going to end. All of a sudden, loud sirens began to go off throughout...
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...Writing 102 Section 97 11 April 2013 Casinos: The Golden Nugget of the Gulf Coast It was all started in June of 1990 when the state of Mississippi legislature legalized dockside gambling along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with the Mississippi Gaming Control Act. Then, in late August of 1992, the Isle of Capri casino’s first riverboats docked at the east end of Biloxi Beach in Biloxi, Mississippi to take in passengers to gamble on shore and since then Gulf Coast has never looked back. However, not everyone in 1990 was in favor of the newly enacted Gaming Control Act especially along the Gulf Coast. Many of the coastal resident families and others living near these towns have been living there for generations and were not ready to see their “sleepy town” transformed into “the nation’s hottest new gambling hub” (Myerson). Many of these residents and public officials believed legalizing gaming would promote “crime, higher rates of divorce, and poverty from personal bankruptcy” from residents spending their life savings (Myerson). Now more than twenty years later the exact opposite of oppositionist’s future predictions have occurred and casinos have been the greatest thing to happen to the Mississippi Gulf Coast since the seafood industry began. The coastal casinos do countless great things such as lower property taxes, fund public school projects, give back millions of dollars to charity, greatly enhanced the tourism market, drives the economical activity, and much more...
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...Blues music is most commonly a combination of drums, guitar, piano and vocals. This genre of music originated in the south during the nineteenth century, and was especially popular amongst african american slaves. It’s seeds were first planted on southern plantations. It was first only sung by people classified as african americans, but then prospered and overtook the world of music amongst most cultures. Blues main effect on history, was it’s help with racial conflict. African americans were perceived as slaves during the 19th century, however african american musicians enjoyed a less limited and more luxurious lifestyle. White people first became interested in their music mid 19th century. They were then hired as professional musicians...
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...Hurricane Katrina? The communication systems broke down hours after hurricane Katrina because nobody had been prepared to handle disaster 0f such magnitude. Everyone went into shock and those responsible did not have a clear-cut plan or well-defined procedure to initiate proper rescue and recovery procedures. Due to the rapid winds and the flooding, millions of phone lines and cellular towers had been brought down. Most of the cities switchboards including the police’s later broke down too. What was the purpose of the Hurricane Pam exercise? Why was it unsuccessful? The Hurricane Pam exercise was meant to carry out mock studies with regards to emergencies such as hurricanes. It was to involve crisis managers and their various departments such as fire, medical care, and communication among others all which were considered pertinent to successful disaster management in New Orleans. However, these plans were halted and proper preparations towards disaster management were not made due to findings. As such when the hurricane hit, nobody was prepared to handle it and the people responsible were driven into a myriad of confusion. Why did many people remain in New Orleans after there was an evacuation order? A good number of the people who did not leave to the evacuation warning which came barely forty-eight hours before the floods were from a poor background. It is important to note that to leave New Orleans people needed access to vehicles and cash for transit which according...
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...The primary reason for the levees being installed initially was due to the fact that Louisiana is on average six feet below sea level, with New Orleans being located further below sea level. As a result, many people were left no choice but to seek shelter at the Superdome or find shelter on top of their roofs until help arrived. In addition, the levees collapsing also affected parts along the coast of Mississippi and lead to hundreds of lives being lost. The total amount of damages exceeded 108 billion dollars making Hurricane Katrina the costliest hurricane on...
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...to find two sponsors for the club. The first sponsor was found in one of our chapter advisors and the other sponsor was our college’s Sustainability Projects Coordinator. Jabari continued on to complete the second requirement, which was having a specific amount of students sign a charter stating they wished to join the club. This task was a breeze to Jabari as he knows many of our chapter members and possesses a very likeable personality. Jabari’s quick and efficient work in creating this campus club gave our chapter an effective way of involving our members in both the organization and execution of our College Project events. Jabari also has a passion for helping others in the community through service. He diligently worked with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science throughout the semester. He worked closely with the community service coordinator at the museum to set up times that our chapter members could volunteer during. These volunteer hours took place during the museum’s numerous events they hosted throughout the year. As a direct result from Jabari’s efforts our chapter gained a substantial increase to our overall community service hours for the semester. Jabari is not only dedicated to working his own community service projects. On top of his own community service events Jabari also worked at several of our chapter’s other community service projects. He volunteered at our Game Day Recycling event, asking people to recycle during the football game and cleaning up the...
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...Superstorm Sandy was a tropical hurricane in the 2012 hurricane season. Sandy began to form in the Caribbean on October 22nd and continued to enlarge into a hurricane once it passed Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Sandy moved towards the Atlantic on the 28th. On the 29th, Sandy turned towards New Jersey. Then, turned into a post-tropical cyclone on the 30-31st, hitting New York. “There was an estimate of $50 billion is damages, making Sandy the second-costliest cyclone to hit the United States since 1900” (https://www.weather.gov/okx/HurricaneSandy). Sandy had the greatest number of fatalities in North America with at least 147 deaths. At the time Sandy hit land in the United States, it grew to a Category 2 storm with up to 80 mph. winds destroying at least 650,000 homes and 8 million people lost power. It extreme power caused the New York Stock Exchange to close as well as other businesses and companies. Superstorm Sandy beat records and left cites on the coast flooded with its high waves. In fact, the storm hit a cold front causing a blizzard in West Virginia and more than 20 fires in New York. Despite all of the destruction and devastation, recovery from the storm began and thankfully the American Red Cross provided its services to those affected. After Superstorm Sandy hit the United States, The American Red Cross began to respond immediately with all of its services. The Red Cross’s response conducted of response vehicles, relief items, meals and snacks, overnight...
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...From the Bahamas, the storm moved directly to Florida where it caused other grave consequences damaging property worth $25 billion. The determination that almost every aspect of damage in Florida was as a result of the strong winds that accompanied the storm. In Florida, a total of 44 deaths reported with a total of 15 caused directly but the storm just after it hit Florida, the storm headed directly to Louisiana where it made a massive movement across the Gulf of Mexico making a landfall of approximately 37 kilometers. The landfall resulted in the storm moving from Category 5 to a lesser Category 3 Atlantic hurricane will secondary impacts on the land. In fact, the impacts along the Louisiana path were lesser and even compared to the category two of the Atlantic hurricanes with a relatively lower damage on the property. Weather forecasting on Hurricane Andrew Before coming to be a reality on the ground, hurricane Andrew just like many other natural calamities forecasted. At that time, the weather forecasting team projected a possible hit on the Vero Beach, the Stuart or possibly the West Palm Beach which were thought to be very vulnerable. On 22nd August 1992, a hurricane warning issued by the National Hurricane Center to the East coast of Florida. However, the storm would hit further south of the earlier reported area. Additionally, the National Center for Hurricanes predicted a lesser intensity of Hurricane and probably considered a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane which in...
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