I keep thinking of the three Civil Rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964.

[Chasstev365]

Was their blood and the blood of others given so that two smarmy, little shits like Chris Kobach and Hans von Spakovsky could systematically disenfranchise millions of voters?

It is my dream that someday these two and others will be in a "Nuremberg Style" dock facing charges.

[hlthe2b]

1. Me too...

Heavens, it is hard to even put in words how I feel about our country, our society, the direction of our lives right now... sigh...

[bresue]

2. Agreed! And to add to voter suppression...former felons should have the right to vote.

Taxation without representation is what our country was based on. If former felons are not allowed to vote, then they should veto having to pay their taxes! I wish someone would challenge these laws!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. K & R

[bobbieinok]

4. It was a scary time

I was in grad school in CA. Shortly after
two friends left for MS, the disappearance
of the 3 was reported. I was so afraid that
my friends were 2 of the 3.

They had urged me to go too. But I was
terrified of MS. For me, MS meant beatings,
disappearance, and death for anyone black
or white working for civil rights.

As an undergrad in TX, I was arrested in 61 for
taking part in a sit-in. The tension and menacing
looks while waiting for the police to arrive was
very scary. I was terrified of being in a more
dangerous situation.

Fifty-six years later, I still find MS terrifying. My black
male friend from MS just smiles sadly when I say this.

[Boomerproud]

10. Thank you for standing for righteousness amid your justifiable fear.

This country owes a huge apology, not just to the men and women who died in uniform, but to people like you who fought evil.

[bobbieinok]

11. Quite honestly I actually did very little

The previous year was when there were a lot of sit-ins.
I was a junior then, working hard on challenging courses.
I did help with making lunches for the participants to take
with them.

The spring of my senior year I felt more secure re my grades.
And my friends said I should back up words with deeds.
So I went -- to the lunch room at the traiin station!

[smirkymonkey]

5. Mississippi Burning

[bobbieinok]

6. I think there is another movie

I have not seen the movie you've highlighted.
IIRC it was criticized for implying that the
progress made in MS was the result of the
work of white FBI agents. A view especialy
aggravating, since Hoover was known for
being very opposed to Black progress.

There was another movie made about Mississippi
Summer. I watched it on BET when the station
was still owned by Blacks. I could barely
stand to watch it. It carried me back into
the all-pervading atmosphere of threat and
menace in that era.

Maybe someone here knows the name of that
movie.

[Jim Lane]

12. There was a 2014 documentary film titled "Freedom Summer"

Maybe that's what you saw? More about the film here.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Goodman Schwerner and Chaney

[Hoyt]

8. Good song about a deplorable period.

[KingCharlemagne]

9. How about the hundreds who gave their lives on LIttle Round Top and

Cemetery Ridge for what LIncoln subsequently called a "new birth of freedom"?